4. Navigating Difficult Conversations
Context
Facilitators should understand that participants have different lived experiences and prior knowledge about cyber safety, cyber security and digital citizenship.
These activities may involve or lead to discussion of sensitive topics, such as cyberbullying and other online risks. Difficult conversations can come up at any time, especially during periods of open discussion. Review the slides below and pause where prompted to reflect before continuing.
Activity: Scenarios
Fill in the missing pieces of information in the table using your own experience and insight from this module’s section. If you are completing this training with others, talk with your group and discuss your ideas.
Scenario | How to respond? | If applicable, how to proactively prevent it? |
A participant reveals that they use social media (and are under the age of 13). | ||
A participant says: "This is pointless, I can't afford a laptop so this doesn't matter to me. | ||
A participant shares that they are being cyber bullied. | ||
A participant shares that they don’t use social media. |