LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA 9•
Linking Learning With Life
Think of an incident when someone told you to behave in a certain way but you did not. Did that
mean that you had a choice about what to do?
If you have a choice, what behavior would you choose as good for you, and which ones would you
reject as not-so-good?Experience from the field
Children (of sex workers) talked of how they are forced to buy cigarettes for the customers or their
mother’s partners. They do not like to go. (Prerana, Mumbai).
“Sometimes we have to behave like robots because our parents and teachers expect it.” (Quote from
children aged 10-14 years, World Vision Vijayawada).Activity: Choosing Behaviour, Partner: YWCA, Delhi