Teen Equality Wheel

Fairness

• Being willing to compromise.
• Accepting change.
• Being able to come to mutually agreeable resolutions to conflict.
• Allowing for differences in opinion.

Respect

• Listening and NOT judging.
• Being understanding.
• Valuing your partner’s opinion, even when it differs from yours.
• Not putting your partner down when they express feelings or concerns.

Non-threatening Behavior

• Allowing partner to feel comfortable expressing feelings.
• Using body language & words that show acceptance of what partner does or says.
• Using healthy coping skills.

Support

• Supporting your partner’s dreams and life decisions.
• Individually encouraging your partner’s individuality.
• Valuing your partner.

Honesty

• Communicating openly.
• Understanding and abiding by the boundaries within your relationship.
• Being truthful, even though it may not be the easy thing to do.

Shared Responsibility

• Mutually agreeing on a fair distribution of work.
• Making decisions together.
• Supporting partner’s family boundaries (i.e., curfew, dating privileges).

Trust

• Respecting your partner’s right to have friends, feelings, activities, & opinions that may not include you.
• Understanding the your partner’s interest in others does not mean a lack of interest in you.
• Being able to accept as true what others say.

Accountability

• Accepting responsibility for yourself.
• Being able to admit when you are wrong.
• Being true to yourself and others.