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September Social Skills

 

“All power is trust.”
Benjamin Diseraeli


The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!”

Objective:  introduce children to the notion that trustworthiness must be earned and that it will be lost if one lies repeatedly.

Procedure:  Tell the children a story about the boy who cried, “Wolf!”  (Summary: A young boy, for his own entertainment, makes believe and screams that a big wolf has come into the village.  The people in the village are very alarmed at first. But after he pulls this stunt several times and no wolf is ever seen, the villagers begin to realize that he is just pretending.  One day a mean wolf actually comes into the village. But this time when the boy cries out to forewarn the others, everyone knows that he is not trustworthy and the boy cries out to forewarn the others, everyone knows that he is not trustworthy and they ignore him.)

Discuss the importance of telling the truth all the time.  Use the following questions in your discussion:


•What happens if someone lies a lot?  (Others stop believing you.)


•Why didn’t the people believe the boy when there really was a wolf?  (Because his repeated lying made him untrustworthy.)


•What is the best way to make sure people believe us all the time? (Always be honest.)


•Has this sort of thing happened to someone you know? 


























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