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I did not have any real sort of education on how to maintain healthy friendships when I was a kid, from teachers or from parents, so I don’t really have anything to compare the curriculum to in that sense, as I mostly just learned from observing others. However, while I do think a lot of kids have some sort of basis for what healthy relationships look like, I do think that working on the assumption that that’s always true every time is a bit presumptuous. A big factor in how kids view relationships will be shaped by their home life (especially at a young age) and that can vary quite drastically. It could even make the kid feel defensive of unhealthy relationships, if that is what has been normalized for them.
Role play allows kids to more fully immerse themselves in the way different scenarios would feel like. This can help with them learning how to identify emotions better, and can give them an idea of what it’s like from different sides of a relationship, which can help them to empathize better.
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