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Personal
Development
Quarter 2 – Module 3:
Building and Maintaining
Relationships

Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

Personal Development– Grade 11/12
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Quarter 2 – Module 3: Building and Maintaining Relationships
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Personal
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Quarter 2 – Module 3:
Building and Maintaining
Relationships

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

(To effectively implement all the activities like exercises, reflections, post assessment
tests, instructions were given for maximum attainment of the objectives of these
instructional materials and to draw success on the part of the learners.)

For the learner:

(This module is done with the intention of learners maximizing the use of all the
activities presented. Thus, learners are encouraged to read directions thoroughly and
carefully for the complete attainment of the objectives set for each unit. To provide
clear understanding on the part of the learners with regards to the activities,
exercises and/or performance tasks authors presented a clear overview for each
unit. Similarly, discussion of the important terminologies, concepts and/or ideas
regarding the competencies involved in each unit are well delivered)

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 What I Need to Know

This material was crafted to give you – learners, the right amount of
assistance for you to absorb and acquire all the necessary concepts and nature
comprising oneself. Lessons are bounded on the performance and content
standard, learning competencies and level of the learners. This also used languages
appropriate to the understanding of the varied types of students’ learning
acquisition. Sequence of the lessons adhered to the arrangement of the
competencies as reflected on the DepEd’s curriculum guide for this course.
Thislesson is entitled: Personal Relationships.

After going through this unit, you are expected to:

1. discuss an understanding of teen-age relationships, including the acceptable
and unacceptable expressions of attractions;
2. express his/her ways of showing attraction, love, and commitment; and
3. identify ways to become responsible in a relationship;

What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.
1. Harana is a ______________.
a. lady being serenaded by a man
b. song being sung during courtship
c. man singing a song serenading a woman
d. way of courting a woman to win her heart
2. Stalking is ______________.
a. looking at someone in a sexually interested way
b. a sound made to show high interest in someone
c. touching another person in an unwelcome sexual way
d. pattern of behavior that makes you feel afraid, nervous, or in danger
3. Republic Act (RA)11313 is______________.
a. Senate Bill
b. Safe Space Act
c. Anti-Harassment Act of 1995
d. Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act of 2017

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4. Senate Bill 13266 is ______________.
a. Anti-Bullying
b. Safe Space Act
c. Anti-Harassment Act of 1995
d. Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act of 2017
5. Groping is ______________.
a. looking at someone in a sexually interested way
b. a sound made to show high interest in someone
c. touching another person in an unwelcome sexual way
d. pattern of behavior that makes you feel afraid, nervous, or in danger
6. Leering is ______________.
a. the act of shouting often sexually suggestive
b. looking at someone in a sexually interested way
c. a sound made to show high interest in someone
d. touching another person in an unwelcome sexual way

7. Cat calling is ______________.

a. the act of shouting often sexually suggestive
b. looking at someone in a sexually interested way
c. a sound made to show high interest in someone
d. touching another person in an unwelcome sexual way
8. Wolf-whistling is ______________.
a. the act of shouting often sexually suggestive
b. looking at someone in a sexually interested way
c. touching another person in an unwelcome sexual way
d. a sound made to show high interest in or approval of something
9. In Filipino culture Pag-akyat ng ligaw is a ______________.

a. Filipino way of courting a woman

b. way of asking a woman to marry a man
c. formal way of asking the woman for a date
d. way of getting the attention of the woman to win her heart
10. Republic Act 7877 is ______________.
a. Safe Space Act
b. Anti-Harassment Act of 1995
c. Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act of 2017
d. Law that protects women and children against violence
11. Friend is someone who is ______________.
a. special to you and build
b. a kin or related to you by blood
c. competes with you in so many aspects
d. not a kin to you but very much happy and willing to be part of your life

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12. Family is comprised by ______________.
a. the marriage of two people who love each other
b. a father, mother, a child, uncle, auntie, and grandparents
c. the mutual goal of each member that brings them to being successful and
famous in their community
d. comprised by the love, care, support, compassion and affection each
member renders to one another

13. Personal Relationship is the ______________.

a. choice of a person to be engaged in a certain kind of relationship
b. kind of interaction one makes when dealing in an intimate group of people
c. close connection between the people formed by emotional bonds and
interaction
d. type of person’s involvement in the community where he/she grows to be
a good individual
14. Romantic Relationship is characterized by ______________.

a. happy experiences shared by individuals

b. mutual love and respect shared by the couples
c. sympathy rendered by individuals towards one another
d. sense of belongingness felt by individuals with each other
15. Harassment is a form of ______________.
a. admiration expressed in public
b. bullying and prohibited by the law
c. endearment towards one’s personality and character
d. physical and sexual abuse experience by an individual from another

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 Lesson Personal
9 Development:Personal
Relationships
Being in a certain kind of relationship is one of the inevitable things in the
world. People indeed find love, concern, compassion, sympathy of other people
essential for them to overcome challenges of life. People also find it awesome when
they show the same feelings they receive from others. One’s involvement to any
kind of relationships definitely adds joy to one’s life. However, it may also bring
people to a difficult situation. Thus, learning the art of committing oneself to other
people is as essential as learning to know oneself.

This lesson aims you to create a more joyful and fruitful relationship with
others. You will understand how to deal with problems that people do encounter in
a relationship. You are also expected to have a successful relationship with others
through a better way of communication and interaction with someone dear to you.

What’s In

Let us find how well you understand words that contribute to building
good and strong relationships between individuals. Explain your thoughts to
the facilitator after answering the survey. Circle the thumbs up if you agree
with the statement in each item and thumbs down if you disagree.

Parent-Child Relationship

1. “Remember that you are loved whoever and whatever you become.”

2. “If you don’t succeed you will not get want you want from us.”

3. “You are such a big dismay to this family.”

4. “Thank you so much for trying to make us proud.”

5. “Sorry If I have disappointed you.”

Friendship

6. “Always remember no matter what happens we will always have each

other’s back.”

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 7. “Sorry I did’nt mean what I say.”

8. “Let us go through this together.”

9. “It’s not my fault, it’s all yours.”

10.“You don’t need to be so sorry people do really make mistakes.”

Couple

11. “You know I’m good at this so let me handle this.”

12. “Let us trust each other and do what we have to do.”

13. “You have exhausted yourself honey, take a rest for a while.”

14. “You have to thank me for I have always saved you from your mess.”

15.“Sorry for my imperfections and thank you for accepting them with all
your heart.”

Dear illustrator,

If it is possible kindly make our own ‘icon’ for thumbs up/down that
will be placed in each box provided before each item.

Notes to the Teacher

As facilitator kindly asks the learner to discuss his/her
thoughts regarding the statements above.
1. What made you decide to mark some statements with thumbs
up?
2. How do you find your ideas about expressions to build and keep
a strong relationship?
3. What necessary discovery have you obtained regarding your
point of view about expressions to build and keep a strong
relationship?
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4. How do you see your personal experience regarding these words?
 What’s New

Relationships
Any form of relationship is said to be a two-way traffic. This means that both
individuals should learn to give and take. However, there are different kinds of
relationships and each of us has a precise definition for each form of relationship
and absolutely we have our own means of building these relationships and keep
them stronger.
Let us allow ourselves to learn more about our relationships with others by
having a concrete definition.
In this lesson you will focus on understanding what indeed is personal
relationship. Practically speaking, personal relationship is the kind of relationship
we make with our family, friends and partners in life or the our significant other.
Personal relationship is the close connection between the people formed by
emotional bonds and interaction. https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/what-do-we-mean-
personal-relationships.

People in a relationship shared their experiences and feelings that certainly

make the relationship grow. However, there are cases that these experiences may
tend to break the relationship if people involved failed to triumphantly surpass the
tests of their relationships. Thus, people are expected to also take care of the
relationship they were able to establish with their loved ones by knowing the
doorway and barrier of having strong relationship.
Before discussing the components of a strong relationship and common
reasons of unsuccessful relationship let us define the three kinds of personal
relationship we get into as an individual.
Family
Family as defined by most books we have read before is composed of people
who are connected by what we call blood relation or ancestry which is composed of
couples/parents, children and grandparents. However, nowadays, people do not
really stick to this kind of definition for some varied issues the present day society
have been trying to overcome like separation of couples, death of family member/s,
and some other acceptable reasons.

The real definition of family as one of the kind of personal relationship may
vary from one point of view to another and it is because of how they do interact
with themselves. But perhaps, most people may agree that what comprise family is

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the love, care, support, compassion and affection each member renders to one
another.
As part of a family who are expected to receive such kind of feelings from
one another we barely understand how a familymuddled to an unhealthy
relationship that might end to ugly separation of the couples.
Before we see the tendency of our own family ending into this kind of
atmosphere there are elements of strong relationship that we must learn.
Shady Oak Primary School discusses the four pillars of any relationships
which may be very much applicable to building strong family ties such as mutual
respect, time for fun, constant encouragement and communicated love.
1.Mutual Respect
Lack of respect absolutely brings people to unpleasant environment
and pushes people from respecting one another and themselves too.
According to the article adults in the family should also be reminded that
talking in very humiliating way like consistent nagging, scolding,
embarrassing may is a form of dispiriting someone and may lead to losing
the reverence of a child to a parent or a spouse to his/her partner.
Establishing mutual respect is easier when one is guided by the virtue
of the Golden Rule once uttered by Jesus of Nazareth explicitly stated in
Mathew 7:12 which has direct English Translation “Do unto others what you
would want others to do unto you.” This may simple be interpreted by the
famous line “Respect begets respect”.
This line means a person shall not trespass in his rights or putting
someone down when he/she is wrong. https://ezinearticles.com/?Respect-Begets-
Respect&id=501076

2.Time for Fun

Having quality time with your parents or kids may mean learning to
love them more. The article emphasized that it is not the quantity of time
that you spend with each of the member of your family that matters but the
quality you spend with them. It is better to have an hour of a heart-warming
talk or making fond memories with your kids that is more valuable than
having five hours of arguing with them.
Each member of the family should learn to take serious matters in a
separate occasion and spend precious moment with one another creating
good memories together. These memories will serve as their investment for
the future. When time comes that each of them is exhausted by their family
issues these precious moments will work to keep them strong and hold on to
one another.
3.Constant Encouragement
Every kid deserves to be trusted first and foremost by their
parents/family. Encouragement gives a child a sense of belongingness and
the feeling of being loved. If this what encouragement offer to a child how
would you imagine constant encouragement should give him/her?

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 A child will definitely grow trusting him/herself based on how you
trusted him/her. Positive encouragement may create positive outlook in life.

4.Communicated Love
Love we felt may certainly start any form of relationship. However, it
is not the thing that can keep it. Love is just a feeling, what really keeps any
relationship is the love that is well-communicated.
A tap on a shoulder, a kiss on a cheek, a simple hug may just be
some of the common ways to express parents love to their kids or kids to
their parents but these could also be the most genuine and sincerest way of
expressing your love towards one another.
The article reminds us all that the effort we have exerted in building
strong family relationship will benefit every member of the family and will
help each of them to be fruitful in all aspects of life.
Friends
A friend is defined by most of us by someone who is not a kin to you but very
much happy and willing to be part of your life.
Similar to your family members your friends are all dear to you. They
become one of the special people in your lives for you both have shared good and
bad experiences that you are able to build strong connection with each other. Just
the way you pray hard to keep your strong family connections you also desire to
build strong bond with your friend/s.
Friendship just like any other kind of personal relationship is not static it
keeps on growing. Keep it is not doing a “magic trick”. There are also means to
work for good friendship to materialize.
Based on the article entitled: “4 Key Elements of Friendships that Inspire Us”
reliability, deep listening/nonjudgmental presence, optimism and service are what
makes up a quality friendship that will definitely inspire everybody.
1. Reliability
The article explains that maintaining a sense of connection and
consistency is essential in creating and maintaining trust. Trust is the heart
of all relationship.
This virtue teaches everyone the value of recognizing someone’s
imperfections and thus he/she is ready to extend him/herself to a friend.
This act of kindness will definitely foster a sense of connection, security and
relief.
A hand that is ready to help will definitely make someone feel he/she
is well-taken care of by someone and would not need to worry if he/she
messed-up again. This feeling would also develop a sense of responsibility to
do the same thing for somehow it uplifts his/her feeling rather than being

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corrected or questioned about his/her failure to do his/her thing
appropriately.
As this affection consistently and mutually exists in both parties
stronger relationship will start to be developed.

2. Deep Listening or Non-judgmental Presence

Listening is of the key factor that makes communication to prosper.
Sincerest way of listening is also a kind of expressing how genuine you
communicate your love and affection to someone special to you like your
friends.
Listening with a high value of integrity is indicates your presence
which is non-judgmental and not discriminatory. The article mentioned that
people may have notice that there are people who certainly give up in a
relationship for the reason of having a difficult kind of feeling because of
being judged for whatever they did.
Who among us would like to be in a company of people who do not
have the heart to listen and give chance for us to explain our sides first.
Most people would find this situation totally unfair.
If we desire to have a stronger relationship with our friends we should
be have the characteristic of a good listener. Being a good listener also
entails to be a good adviser. After sharing your thoughts and experience to a
friend you will definitely love him/her to give his/her intelligent point of view
of how he/she see things and would take the initiative to suggest something
or give his/her honest comment for you to arrive with a possible resort that
would somehow ease your anxieties over things.
4. Optimism
Jolly personality is always and obviously appreciated by most of the
people. Optimistic point of view is really captivating and can drive someone
be a better person too. Being a better individual means having a good
perspective and that is able to make sound decisions.
Optimism may be a simple virtue that everybody claims to have
however, it is not easy to meet people with this kind of disposition. Hence,
meeting a friend with this kind of personality is surely to nurture anyone’s
friendship with others.
Positive atmosphere will a friendship a chance to have a joyful way of
living life and cherish the kind of friendship two or more people have with
one another.
3. Partnerships
Among the three kinds of relationship this kind is more serious,
sensitive and complicated. Thus, it also requires people who are involved in
this kind of relationship to have the ability to make a better and stronger
relationship.

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 Sheridan, Center for Elder Research has enumerated top five elements
of romantic relationships as reported by adults. The study pointed out five
elements to make a romantic relationship lasts.
Older adults rated the following as the top five most highly rated
elements of successful romantic relationships.
1. Honesty
2. Communication
3. Companionship
4. Respect
5. Positive Attitude
Meanwhile, younger adults rated the following as the top five most
highly rated elements to keep romantic relationships successful.
1. Love
2. Communication
3. Trust
4. Attraction
5. Compatibility
Honesty is still the best policy for adults. According to the study they
define honesty as “able to confide with one another in a truthful way”
While adult believe that honesty is the most important element in
romantic relationship Love as supported by Communication and Trust is the
most essential element for younger adult to keep their relationship stronger.
No matter what words we use to express the key factors that will
make a healthy relationship, do not forget that it always take two to tango.
For a relationship to grow and become successful parties involved should
take their own sets of responsibility.
Remember that being and choosing to be part of any relationship by
any circumstance it may be is a commitment. Committing oneself means
offering the best version of yourself while still learning to accept and wait till
the other party will be able to do same unto you.
Understanding the Acceptable and Unacceptable Means of Expressing
Attractions Toward The Opposite Sex
You have well understood the essential qualities to make a good
relationship. This time allow yourself to open your mind to see the difference of
acceptable and unacceptable means of expressing attractions toward the opposite
sex. In this way you will also give yourself a chance to unlearn the bad practices
you have in showing how attracted you are to someone.

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 Filipino society had set norms for awfully unacceptable means of displaying
ones attractions to someone against thepractically acceptable ones. Maybe you are
asking why is it important to be acquainted and realize these things.
Filipino culture is bound to the belief that decent display of someone’s
feeling is indeed a must to be accepted by the society. It is big disappointment if
someone fails to follow this standard for he/she will be labelled maleducated by the
society or community or his/her parents did not raise him/her well.
Aside from this, Republic of the Philippines had seriously take issues
concerning people’s means of expressing attractions to the opposite sex or gender.
One law that purposefully pushes this unlawful acts of expressions be punished by
theRepublic Act (RA) 11313 otherwise known as Safe Space Act. This RA expands
the scope of the RA 7877 or Anti-Harassment Act of 1995. This law recognizes that
sexual harassment occurs in work, education, and training environments, and
penalizes persons who have authority, influence and moral ascendancy in such
institutions who commit prohibited acts of sexual harassment. While, Safe Space
Act addresses these gaps in our legal framework by recognizing that sexual
harassment can be committed between peers or by a subordinate to a superior, by
a student to a teacher or by a trainee to a trainer. (https://www.pcw.gov.ph/article/safe-
spaces-act-irr-signed).

In order to avoid conflict with other people it is rightful and indeed timely for
us to discuss some of the improper way of expressing admiration to our peers or
colleagues.
Below are some of the most common unacceptable means of complimenting
opposite sex.
1. Cat-Callingas defined by Merriam Webster isthe act of shouting harassing
and often sexually suggestive, threatening, or derisive comments at someone
publicly.
Instead of doing this, a guy may just formally introduce himself to the
woman and express his integrity in case there is intention of courting the
girl. Though, this must take place only if the lady permits the man. If the
lady is a complete stranger and if you find her gorgeously attractive who
must learn to pay respect and wait for the right time that the two of you will
be introduced. This case obviously falls to the principle of “Patience is a
Virtue.”
2. Wolf-Whistling, is a distinctive two-note glissando whistled sound made
to show high interest in or approval of something or someone, especially a
woman viewed as physically or sexually attractive.
Other may find it as a form of flattery but similar to cat calling it can
also be penalized by the law for it is taken by many as a form of harassment.
3. Leering is defined as looking (especially men) at someone in a sexually
interested way
4. Gropingin a sexual context, Wikipedia states that groping also called
fondling is touching another person in an unwelcome sexual way. This has

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 gained negative connotation in different societies and this activity is
considered a form of sexual assault by our law which makes it unacceptable.
5. Stalking as defined by the National Center for Crime Victims Stalking is a
pattern of behavior that makes you feel afraid, nervous, harassed, or in
danger.
It is when someone repeatedly contacts you, follows you, sends you
things, talks to you when you don’t want them to, or threatens you. Stalking
behaviors may include activities like 1. ) Knowing your schedule; 2.) Showing
up at places you go; 3. Sending mail, e-mail, and pictures; 4.) Calling or
texting repeatedly; 5.) Contacting you or posting about you on social
networking sites; 6.) Writing letters; 7.) Damaging your property; 8.) Creating
a Web site about you; 9. Sending gifts; 10.) Stealing things that belong to
you and Any other actions to contact, harass, track, or frighten you.
Among all these kinds of unacceptable forms of expressing attractions
persistent requests for name and contact details after clear refusal is also
included and is also penalized by the law specifically Senate Bill 13266
otherwise known as Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act of 2017.
The said law seeks to penalize the unacceptable forms of expressing
attractions mentioned above and other forms of offensive display of
attraction to others. (https://www.rappler.com/nation/213812-senate-approves-bill-vs-
catcalling-street-harassment)

If our culture and laws clearly identify the unacceptable form or expressing
attraction the Filipino culture itself evidently approves some means of expressing
admiration between individuals like the following:
1. Pag-agkyat ng Ligaw or Dating
2. Harana
3. Offering Gifts or Bouquet of Flower
Although, these practices are not commonly observed by teenagers
nowadays we cannot deny the fact that these forms of expressing admiration by a
man to a lady are still preferred by Filipino Family.
Among the three activities Harana or serenading a woman has evolved into
different forms. Before it is usually done at night before the young lady prepares
herself to bed. The gentleman would play a song with any musical instrument most
prominently a guitar and begin singing a love song to intentionally captivate the
heart of the young woman.
Now, this can be done on a stage in a certain public or private place which
makes it more fascinating for a man shows that his confidence courting the special
to him.
Having the knowledge of the most common unacceptable and acceptable
behaviour of expressing ones endearment toward someone permits you to gain the
respect of the people whose beauty and personality brings joy to your life.

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 What is It
Let us try to sharpen the wisdom you have by giving your point of
view in each situation.

Situation 1: Conflict with the Parents

Your parents would want you to take over of your family business
but you would like to have your own law firm someday by taking
Law Courses in prestigious university in your hometown. In what
way can you able to fix this conflict without breaking your strong
relationship with your parents?

_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Situation 2: Conflict with your best friend (Choose the situation

applicable to you/gender)
You were courted by a varsity player who is so popular in your
school. You are also aware that he is your best friend long-time crush.
How would you keep the friendship without sacrificing your own
happiness?
You are courting a student who is not so popular in your
school. You know well that your friends will mock at her for she is not
their type. Though, you found her so important and very special to
you. How would you make your friends accept her as your special
someone?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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 Situation3: Conflict with your Significant Other
You work with your friends on your research paper. Most of the
time you are with your girl/boy friend or guy/female friend. Your
actions and words are so familiar with each other that why you get
along with each other so easily and work well too without any difficult
feelings except when your girlfriend/boyfriend expresses jealousy over
her/him. How would you help build confidence and trust on your
relationship so that you will both surpass this problem successfully?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

What’s More

Activity 1.1.Being Familiar WithThe Science of Attraction

Before getting into a romantic relationship attractions becomes the
prominent signal that we are being fascinated and delighted by someone’s looks,
gestures and personality. At your age you may get so excited to express your
feelings thinking that it may easily be accepted by the person you adore so much.
In this part of this module you are to do the following activities to enable you
to understand better how our society define acceptable and unacceptable way of
expressing attractions.
Learning the Skill: Reading and Viewing Activities
1. Read the article written by Times Reporter entitled: “Public Display of
Affection: How much is too much?” in
https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/193525
2. Try to state your agreement on the issue raised the writer regarding the topic
- Public Display of Affection or PDA.

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 3. Watch the video “The Science of Attraction” by Dawn Maslar in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=169N81xAffQ
4. After watching the video, explain the science why do we get attracted to
opposite sex/other people?
Briefly discuss the following:
1. Watch the video in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcm0LTuQUiEWhat is
psychology of attraction?
2. How does it helps us to practice acceptable and unacceptable way of
expressing attraction toward opposite sex?
Learning the Skill: UnderstandingConceptual Paradigm
1. Study the diagram below and explain how can one make a stronger
relationship with his/her partner.

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Dear illustrator,
If it is possible to make our own image in lieu of the image given above let’s make
one. Thanks.

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 What I Have Learned

1. Personal relationship is the close connection between the people formed by

emotional bonds and interaction
2. Family is comprised by the love, care, support, compassion and affection
each member renders to one another.
3. The four essential elements that makes a stronger Family
Relatlionship are 1.)Mutual Respect; 2.) Time for Fun; 3.)
Constant Encouragement; and 4.) Communicated Love
4. A friend is defined by most of us by someone who is not a kin to you
but very much happy and willing to be part of your life.5.
5. The Four Key Elements of Friendships that Inspire Us are 1.)
reliability, 2.) deep listening/nonjudgmental presence, 3.) optimism
and 4.) service.
6. Top five most highly rated elements of successful romantic
relationships for older adults are 1.) Honesty; 2.) Communication; 3.)
Companionship; 4.) Respect and 5.) Positive Attitude.
7. The top five most highly rated elements for younger adults to keep
romantic relationships successful are 1.) Love; 2.) Communication; 3.)
Trust; 4.) Attraction and 5.) Compatibility.
8. Republic Act (RA) 11313 is otherwise known as Safe Space Act. This
RA expands the scope of the RA 7877 or Anti-Harassment Act of
1995.
9. RA 7877 recognizes that sexual harassment occurs in work,
education, and training environments, and penalizes persons who
have authority, influence and moral ascendancy in such institutions
who commit prohibited acts of sexual harassment while Safe Space
Act addresses these gaps in our legal framework by recognizing that
sexual harassment can be committed between peers or by a
subordinate to a superior, by a student to a teacher or by a trainee to
a trainer.
10. Senate Bill 13266 otherwise known as Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act of
2017. It penalizes unacceptable forms of expressing attractions such as cat
calling, wolf whistling, leering, groping, stalking and other forms of offensive
display of attraction to others.

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 What I Can Do

Let us try to examine how you are as a person in a certain relationship. Seek
the help of your parent, friend or boy/girlfriend. Conduct an interview for you to
see how well you did you partake in making your relationship stronger. Use all the
information you gathered constructively as you build a stronger relationship with
your interviewee. Kindly use the interview sheet provided below.

Name of Interviewee:

Relationship:

1. What word best describe me as a

child/friend/boy/girlfriend in terms of
my relationship with you?

2. What makes you feel blessed to have

me?

3. In what situations I am too weak to

accept your suggestions or make
decisions?

4. How do I cope up challenges of our

relationship?

5. What advice would you give me so

that I can overcome my weaknesses?

6. What thing do most of the time I

failed to understand you as a
person/your decisions?

7. What shall I do to extend myself to

you during these times?

8. What should I expect from you as I

try to start changing myself to meet
your expectations so we could both
achieved our goals for this relationship

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Assessment

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. What is NOT true about harassment? It ____________.

a. is unlawful
b. may also victimized men
c. is only experienced by women
d. is offensive to the person who receives it

2. Which statement is TRUE about Family?

a. It is only composed by a mother, father, and a child
b. It is only a family if the child has a biological parents
c. Members of family give love and support to one another
d. Members of the family agrees to one another all the time

3. Which states FACT about Personal Relationship?

a. It lingers to two people only.

b. It is just a feeling and agreement between people.
c. Not all people will experience to have personal relationship.
d. People in a relationship shared their experiences and feelings
that certainly make the relationship grow.

4. Which statement can define communicated love?

a. one that is expressed verbally
b. love that is expressed through bodily gestures
c. love that is known by the person who feels it
d. well-expressed and understood by the parties involved

5. What item shows acceptable way of expressing admiration?

a. leering
b. stalking
c. groping
d. serenading

6. Which item shows unacceptable way of expressing attraction to

someone?
a. serenading
b. wolf-whistling

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 c. offering flowers
d. sending love letters
7. What is likely to happen when two people shared mutual love? Their
relationship will_______________.

a. grow in numbers alone

b. be pleasing for everybody
c. grow and become stronger
d. be broken and they will get separated
8. What statement BEST define RA 7877? This law recognizesthat sexual
harassment occurs in ____________.
a. private places only
b. places the victim is not familiar
c. any place as long as it is a public place
d. work, education, and training environments

9. What statement BEST define Safe Space Act? The law that recognizes that
sexual harassment can be committed between _____________.
a. peers or by a subordinate to a superior
b. the couples who do not have agreement
c. any individual who do not have agreement
d. individuals without permission or agreement
10. In terms of personal relationship what statement BEST define
partnerships? It is _______________.
a. business agreement between individuals
b. one type of relationship that occurs after marriage
c. a kind of relationships sharing mutual love and respect
d. a kind of relationships that will last for a certain period of time

11. What statement BEST define a friendship? It is a personal relationship that

occurs when individuals _________________.
a. learn to accept individual differences
b. welcome opinions and judgments of one another
c. see the beauty of each of the persons involved in the relationship
d. shared experiences that make each of them grow and have joyful life

12. What personality a good and real friend must have to make the relationship
stronger?
a. envious
b. assertive
c. gregarious
d. compassionate
13. What should a family avoid to build a stronger relationship? Inability to
a. be honest to one another
b. encourage and support one another
c. understand each other’s individuality
d.communicate their thoughts and feelings

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 14. What item will BEST make good romantic relationship or partnerships
lasts?
a. fidelity
b. affection
c. communication
d. understanding
15. What item does not show a proper way of communicating one’s love and
affection to someone?
a. warm embrace
b. frequent nagging
c. a tap on a shoulder
d. a kiss on the cheek

Additional Activities

You absolutely look forward to having a good and harmonious relationship

with your family, friends and significant other. Remember to do that you must have
open communication with each other.
Now, since you have understood the essentials of building strong
relationship with others you are encourage to express your apology and
appreciation towards someone who are dearest to you. He/she may be your parent,
best friend or boy/girlfriend.
You are to specifically write a three-paragraph expression of your feelings
towards your relationship or his/her way of dealing with you for the past years you
have been together as a family/friend/special someone.
In your letter describe your thoughts on how he/she help you to become a
better person you are now or how he/she guided you to make your relationship
stronger as it is right now. Also, include a statement/s of apology to the things you
have done wrong and expressions of gratitude to things or times you were so
delighted by him/her.

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 A Letter to My Dearest….
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Dear illustrator, Kindly make a simple icon like the picture below that can be pasted on one

corner of this template. This part must be deleted.

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 Answer Key

What I know
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. d
5. c
6. b
7. a
8. d
9. a
10. b
11. d
12. d
13. c
14. b
15. d

Assessment
1. c

2. c

3. d

4. d

5. d

6. b

7. c

8. d

9. a

10.c

11.d

12.d

13.a

14. c

15. b

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References

https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/what-do-we-mean-personal-relationships
https://shadyoakprimary.com/top-4-elements-of-strong-family-relationships/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule
https://ezinearticles.com/?Respect-Begets-Respect&id=501076
https://intentioninspired.com/friendships-that-inspire/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catcalling
https://www.rappler.com/nation/213812-senate-approves-bill-vs-catcalling-street-harassment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf-whistling
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/leering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groping
https://victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-for-crime-victims/bulletins-for-
teens/stalking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcm0LTuQUiE

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