Asking for Help Beyond Your Friends · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

When friends are not enough

Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · ages 15-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Who fits a workload tangle best?

    • A teacher
    • A stranger online
    • Nobody at all

  2. Which sign says a rough patch needs more than a friend?

    • One dull Monday
    • Missing one homework
    • Low mood past two weeks with sliding school and sleep

  3. Who fits safety worries or risk of harm?

    • Only friends
    • A trusted adult, counsellor or doctor
    • A gossip page

  4. What are good first two sentences to a helper?

    • A joke that hides it all
    • Nothing, just silence
    • Plain words saying what is happening, without shrinking it

  5. How should you approach a teacher for help?

    • Catch a calm moment, name the stuck point, show your tries
    • Interrupt loudly with no details
    • Send hints and hope

  6. Therapists are trained coaches for your inner life, not a last resort.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. A friend sinks for three weeks, skips meals and sleep, and laughs it off. What should you do?

    • Carry it alone as their only helper
    • Tell a trusted adult since daily life is sliding
    • Wait a year

  8. A first therapist feels like a bad fit. What is the sensible move?

    • Quit help forever
    • Ask questions and switch if needed
    • Pretend all is fine
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Answer key

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  1. A teacher · Helping with work is literally their job.
  2. Low mood past two weeks with sliding school and sleep · Time plus sliding daily life marks the line.
  3. A trusted adult, counsellor or doctor · Safety trouble needs a responsible adult fast.
  4. Plain words saying what is happening, without shrinking it · Plain and honest beats small talk here.
  5. Catch a calm moment, name the stuck point, show your tries · Attempts turn confession into teamwork.
  6. True · Different methods fit different troubles, and fit can be tested.
  7. Tell a trusted adult since daily life is sliding · Length plus sliding life plus shrugged danger means an adult.
  8. Ask questions and switch if needed · Picking help carefully is part of getting better.
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