LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA• 13
ACTIVITY TWO
Making Ripples: Decision-Making
Group Check in- Display pictures of ripples in water in a lake or in a well. Talk about how if you throw a stone, the
ripples spread far and wide; discuss how this has far-reaching consequences. - Link the example to human behavior; how what one does has far-reaching effects on oneself,
on others, and on future events. - Draw concentric circles on a flipchart to represent ripples of water. Label the circles: The
innermost circle should represent the behavior, the next circle stands for the behavior’s
effect on the nearest person, and the next circle the effect on someone a bit further away
and so on. Draw as far out as you would like to go to demonstrate how far-reaching the
effects can be.
Example 1: Since girls often do not have the opportunity to make decisions, use examples of
behavior representing this. For example, the parents may decide to get her married without
her consent or the husband may insist on having sex without a condom (for children above
14 years).
Examples for younger children: Parents of a girl decide she will not go to school, or mid-term during
the school the mother decides to take the child to the village so she misses school.
Example 2: You get angry and shout at your mother. What is the effect on your mother? (Fill up the
next circle) What is the effect on others?
Adapt examples as per your needs.