Handling Disagreements

Your student is participating in classroom activities helping them learn how to disagree in a respectful way using kind words. We would love for you to keep the discussion going at home!

Definition: Disagreeing means to have a different feeling or opinion about a topic, like food, from other people. You may think that pizza is the greatest food ever, while your friend does not like to eat pizza at all.

Here are just a few ideas to help get the conversation started:

• What does it mean to disagree?
• Is it okay to disagree?
• What are the consequences of disagreeing?
• How do you feel when you disagree with someone?
• Does your body feel or look different when you disagree with some in a mean way?
• How do we disagree respectfully and politely? Some Thoughts About Disagreeing:
• Don’t put others down when disagreeing.
• Listen to other people's point of view or ideas.
• Don’t use abusive/mean language/words when disagreeing.