Playing the Blame Game WEEK 7 - PART 1

How well did you learn our last lesson? 
Cover the blue words below then prove your knowledge by answering the following questions. When you're done, check your answers.

A. What is the difference between wise-way and my way choices?
B. Which of the slippery slope responses are wise?
C. Why are wise-way choices better than my-way choices?


This week we will focus on how playing the Blame Game makes conflict worse.
Our Bible memory verse is a perfect way to start our learning:

He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.   Proverbs 28.13

Let's pray:
Dear Lord,
        It is very hard to act and react unselfishly. Help us to put away our own desires when facing conflict. Help us to learn how to break free from blame and instead to use strategies that will reduce conflict and reduce consequences as well. Thank you that you are always near and ready to help us. Lord, may we quickly turn to you for help. In Jesus' name, Amen.

This week's story has two girls playing the Blame Game. Choose the LISTEN IN BROWSER option.

Nikki and Sammie are already pros at blaming each other for what happened at the drinking fountain. But that is just one of the ways the Blame Game gets started.
There are five ways people usually play the Blame Game. 

Look in your booklet on pages 5-3 and 5-4 and follow the path through all five elements. Color the pictures as you study how the Blame Game escalates (gets worse). Do you use any of these elements when you face conflict? Glue your pictures into your spiral on the next clean pages.

Sande, Corlette. The Young Peace Maker Teaching Students to Respond to Conflict God’s Way, Illustrated by Russ Flint, Wapwallopen, PA 18660, Shepherd Press, 1997.

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