Define The Problem: My friends have invited me to a party but I can't go so they ask me to sneak out. I could either follow my parents rules and stay at home, or disobey your parents and go out.
by Natalie Holiday
1. Evaluate The Results By going with my choice I think that I will end up with good results because I chose the 'smartest' more responsible choice in order to stay away from the risks that could happen if I were to go and sneak out
2. Decide & Act Based on the different consequences and choices I could make, it comes down to two choices. 1. Have a good time sneaking out with friends and risk putting yourself in danger/ getting caught by parents 2. Missing out and staying at home obeying parents. Although the first choice may be tempting, the smart choice is to stay at home other than risking it all. This would be the smart choice even though you may not want to go with it. I should just tell my friends that I can't hang out and that we should make another time to hang out instead
3. Identify Your Values: Personally, this would definitely not be allowed in my family, my parents want me to be responsible and I want to be that kind of person too, so by going out late at night without parent permission would be irresponsible of me. I also would not want to put myself in danger by sneaking out by myself at late times.
4. Consider The Consequences: Some possible things that might happen is, I could get in trouble by my parents, I could put myself in risk by sneaking out alone, and if my parents find out, that could get in big trouble and they will come up with a way to teach me a lesson
5. Explore The Alternatives: I could attempt to convince your parents, lie to my parents saying that I am going somewhere else, come up with a plan to sneak out where they won't expect it, or I could be responsible and stay at home instead of going out to the party
