Respect means different things to different people – it’s important to identify what respect means to you, and to know how you want to be treated in your relationships.

• Feeling safe, and making sure the people around you feel safe
• Making your own choices
• Enjoying being together and apart
• Being free and confident to always be yourself
• Knowing that you can say what you are feeling and thinking, without worrying that you will get in trouble
• Being able to make mistakes
• Listening and being heard
• Working out arguments by talking and finding solutions everyone is happy with
• Being able to say no, or to change your mind – even if you have already said yes
• Being able to disagree and have your own opinion
• Having honesty and trust in your relationship