{"id":10655,"date":"2024-08-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=10655"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T00:24:13","slug":"do-not-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/do-not-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Consent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Aug.-26th.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Aug.-26th.png 656w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Aug.-26th-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Aug.-26th-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My son, if sinners&nbsp;entice you,&nbsp;do not consent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Proverbs 1:10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peer pressure makes us do things we wouldn\u2019t otherwise do. Saying no can seem impossible, but not giving consent keeps us from getting into trouble. During Ronald Reagan\u2019s presidency, his wife Nancy started the \u201cJust Say No\u201d campaign, which educated children on how to avoid drugs. The program used role-playing scenarios, allowing kids to practice saying no. By teaching students skills to resist peer pressure and other social influences, the program became an effective tool in the fight against drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter what their age, everyone experiences some peer pressure. Maintaining a healthy weight and not eating snacks at night helps me accomplish my goal. But my husband loves to snack, so I battle the temptation not to eat. Shopping with the girls can entice me to spend money I don\u2019t need to spend. And driving with the flow of traffic can make me want to speed. Temptations come in all shapes and forms, some worse than others. If we don\u2019t think ahead and practice saying no, we\u2019ll find ourselves in trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust say no\u201d seems easier said than done. Like the students, we must practice saying no to peer pressure, whatever form it takes. Looking ahead and anticipating situations that will entice us help us prepare for them. We can say no and not consent when enticed with things that would cause us harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Journaling Questions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">What type of peer pressure causes you problems?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">How can you practice saying no to peer pressure?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">How can you prepare ahead for potential peer pressure situations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Lord, thank You for giving us ways to say no to temptation. When people try to entice us to do things we shouldn\u2019t, help us stay strong and stick to our principles. Give us opportunities to practice saying no and become better at avoiding temptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. My son, if sinners&nbsp;entice you,&nbsp;do not consent. Proverbs 1:10 Peer pressure makes us do things we wouldn\u2019t otherwise do. Saying no can seem impossible, but not giving consent keeps us from getting into trouble. During Ronald Reagan\u2019s presidency, his wife Nancy started the \u201cJust Say No\u201d campaign, which educated children on how to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/26\/do-not-consent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do Not Consent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10660,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10655\/revisions\/10660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}