Responsibility

What is a responsibility?
Responsibilities are things that you need to think about and do so that they allow other people to have their rights supported, and they are some things that also support your community and the world.
They are some things that affect our lives and other people's lives.
Some of our responsibilities are;
• to follow the rules at home, at school and in the community – after all they are there for our safety and to protect our rights and the rights of others
• stand up for our rights and the rights of others as much as we can
• to be the best person that we can be
• to take care of our own bodies as best we can
• to respect the rights of others
• to look after our own belongings and respect the belongings of others
• to learn as well as we can
• to care about others who are not as strong in some ways as we are.
What happens when people don't accept responsibility?
When people don't take on their responsibilities:
• Other people lose their rights, eg. people could be bullied, treated unfairly, abused or feel unsafe.
• It's unfair because other people have to do a job that is another person's responsibility.
• There could be consequences at home, at school or in the community, eg. people might be punished or harmed in some way.
• People could become less successful and happy than they might have been, eg. they might give up trying or keep away from people.
• People could feel unsafe or unhappy, eg. they could be hurt or teased
• .unhappy
• People could be selfish and uncaring. They might not ever know the good feeling that people get when they share and care about others.
• People won’t care about their belongings or those of others, eg. they could steal things or damage them.
• People could find it hard to learn as well as they might. They could find it hard to stay on task because others were disrupting the class.
• People won’t care about each other’s rights, eg. they might leave people out, not let them have a chance to speak, bully them or hurt their feelings.