logo

How to Respond to Disrespect

Watch the video below with youth, then use the questions below to have a mentoring conversation with them.

  1. What are two things that the speaker in the video says that you should do when someone says something disrespectful to you?
  2. Reword the questions that he suggests you to ask in your own way of talking.  Say it out loud.  Reword these questions:

Did you mean to embarrass me?

Did you mean for that to sound disrespectful?

Did you mean for that to sound rude?

What response were you hoping me to give?

  1. Why should you ask these questions?
  2. What should your first word be?
  3. What did he mean when he said, "You don't have to swing at every pitch; you can just let it go by"?
DONE