Maybe he needs help? Maybe he's trying to hurt me? Maybe he's lost and needs directions?
R: Review your choices
I can pretend not to hear him and keep walking, start running, or talk with him.
A teenage girl is walking home and an adult stranger is trying to stop her to talk to her.
E: Evaluate the consequences for each choice
If I talk to him, he could hurt me or kidnap me. If I keep walking, he could just follow me. If I run, I could run somewhere with people so he leaves me alone.
The girl is thinking about the situation. She realizes it's late at night and a strange man is trying to get her to stop.
A: Assess and choose the best choice
Fine, I don't want to talk anymore anyway!
She reviews all of her options while he still behind her.
T: Think it over afterward
I was worried about you because there was a man the police caught who was out looking for a girl to kidnap.
The girl thinks about what could happen for each choice.
You're starting to make me mad!
Thinking this all through and seeing his reaction to her staying quiet, she decides to run.
The girl knew she made the right decision when her mom told her what she heard on the news.
