Embarrassment is that feeling you get when you do something that makes you feel awkward or angry.
Talking Points:
- Tips for dealing with embarrassment:
- Tip #1: Laugh it off! If you can laugh at yourself then others will laugh WITH you, not AT you.
- Tip #2: Learn from it! Everyone does embarrassing things so learn from each embarrassing moment so you don’t repeat it!
- Tip #3: Forget about it! Shake it off and move on because it’s not that big of a deal.
Discussion:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Share one of your embarrassing moments. How did you react to it? How did others react to it?
- Why is it better to laugh at your mistake than to get angry?
- Think about your embarrassing moment from question #1. What did you learn from it?
- Role Play: Invite a few kids to act out an embarrassing moment. (spill something on themselves, trip and drop something, fall asleep in class). Have the class decide the right way to respond to the embarrassment and then a good way to laugh it off.
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
