The Best Relationships

You have lots of relationships in your life: your parents, friends, brothers, sisters and others. The best relationships are ones that are healthy.

In a healthy, equal relationship:

• Both boys and girls feel important and are treated as equals.
• You can share your feelings and know you’ll be taken seriously.
• Your ideas are important. Your suggestions are listened to.
• You can talk about things without yelling.
• You are honest with each other without being hurtful.
• You feel safe and happy when you’re together.

Why would you want to have a healthy, equal relationship?

There are so many benefits to being in a healthy, equal relationship. Here are just a few:

• Being open and sharing your feelings makes you feel good.
• You feel comfortable when others listen to you and respect what you have to say and treat you as an equal.
• You will feel better about yourself, do the things you like to do and feel you can try new things when you want to.
• It feels good to be treated fairly and with respect.
• Boys who treat girls like equals and girls who expect to be treated like equals set a good example for others.
• It’s great when you’re liked for who you are.
• You feel safe and respected for who you are.