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Optional quick activity

Ages 13–15  ·  Approx. time · 8–10 minutes  ·  This does not replace any of the 22 lessons

05

Help or Rescue?

You will practiseDistinguish safe support from well-meant actions that may increase risk.
Start quick activity

Your friend tells you something worrying.

When can helping make things more dangerous?

Understand the idea

Support means listening, believing the concern, avoiding investigation and helping somebody reach a safe adult or specialist service. Rescue attempts can remove control and increase danger.

You do not need to share anything about your own life or family.

A fictional situation

A well-meaning person proposes contacting the family to ‘clear things up’.

Consequence simulation · Help or rescue

Question 1 of 3 · Compare responses

Which apparently helpful action could increase risk?

Choose one answer, then submit it.

Reflect privately

Write privately, think silently or pass. Nothing entered here is submitted or saved.

Protect safety. Protect dignity too.

Optional extension: Explore when respect for agency and a professional duty to act may pull in different directions.