Do You Always Listen To Your Parents?

(adapted from Terri Knapp and Nancy Leifheit)

 

Upon hearing the tavern bell calling the men in the area to battle, Jonathan yearned to follow its call. His parents, however, had other ideas about Jonathan’s involvement in the fight. Jonathan ignores his parents concerns and disobeys them. Please take the survey rating yourself on how well you obey your parents.

 

Put your answer in the box and then print

Or you may print and then complete.

 

  1. You are told that you should always wear your hat and gloves outside, but your friends do not have to. You know that your parents are at work, and they won’t find out. Do you…

 

a.     Keep your hats and gloves on anyway

b.    Encourage your friends to wear theirs too

c.     Take off your hat and gloves so you don’t get made fun of by your friends

d.     Take them off but also tell your parents at home that you did wear them

 

2. On Friday you find out that you got a D on your math test. You know that if you show your parents the test you may not get to go to your friend’s birthday party.

 

a.     you don’t show your parents the test at all – you hide it or throw it away

b.    you show them after the birthday party

c.     you show them it right when you see them, and figure if you are honest they may still let you go

d.     you show them and cry because you think that may help keep you out of trouble

 

3. You forget to feed the dog, and remember at school.

 

a.     You do it as soon as you get home

b.    You call your parents and see if they can run home and do it

c.     You pretend you’re sick and go home and do it

d.     You don’t worry about it

 

4. You have a babysitter that you like because she lets you stay up late, even on school nights. But one night your parents come home early

 

a. you blame the babysitter….stating she made you stay up
b. you apologize and say it will never happen again
c. you explain that you should have gone to bed because you knew better
d. you come up with a fair consequence

 

  5. You do not like school lunch, but your parents make you eat it anyway…

 

a.     eat it anyway because you have to eat something

b.    you throw it away

c.     you trade it for behavior bucks

d.     you ask your parents if you can start making your own sack lunches

 

6. Your teacher sends home a note for your parents in a sealed envelope

 

a.     you open it, read it, and reseal it

b.    you throw it away

c.     you ask your teacher what it is about

d.     you give it to your parents and then ask them about it

 

  1.  You’re in gym and you get blamed for hitting someone even though you didn’t do it. Your parents have to sign the note.

 

a.     you take the blame because you know your parents won’t believe you

b.    you tell your parents the truth and ask them to call the school

c.     you sign the note and don’t show your parents

d.     you blame the other person

 

  1.  All your friends are going to the movies; your parents agree to let you go! Once you get there, your friends tell you they are actually going to walk around town and not watch the movie.

a.     you sit in the movie alone

b.    you call your parents and tell them the change of plans

c.     you go with your friends and tell your parents later

d.     you tell your parents it was a good movie and they should go soon

 

9. You notice that your teacher has called your house…

 

a.     you tell your parents

b.    you erase the number off of caller id

c.     you check the messages and then tell your parents

d.     you ignore it

 

10. After taking this survey do you feel that you

 

Always obey your parents?

Obey and disobey them?

Obey ½ the time?

Disobey more than you obey?

Rarely obey your parents?

10               9

8                 7

6                 5

4                   3

2                     1

Your answer:

 

11. Why do you feel you circled the number above?

 

12. After taking this survey, do you feel there is anything you

think you could do better at?