Breaking My Friends Toy when Angry
Breaking my friend’s toy means they can no longer play with it.
Breaking a toy because I am angry or upset is not okay. It is wrong because:
It upsets my friend and makes them sad
It makes adults angry and cross with me
It stops my friend having the toy to play with
It wastes money and hard work
My friend may not trust me to play with their toys again.
If I break a friend’s toy I need to make things better. I can:
Tell my friend that I am very sorry
Say sorry to the adults as well
Try to fix the broken toy
Let my friend use one of my toys
Tell my friend that I will try to look after their toys from now on.
Being a friend means being kind to my friend and their toys. Breaking their toy is not being their friend.
Breaking my friend’s toys because I am angry is never okay. It makes my friend sad and adults cross. I can say sorry and try to be a better friend.
Breaking Things On Purpose
Breaking things is when an object is broken so that it needs to be repaired or cannot be fixed.
Things can get broken accidentally or on purpose. Breaking things accidentally means the object was broken because of bad luck. Breaking things on purpose means someone wanted to break the object.
Breaking things on purpose is not a nice thing to do. Sometimes people break things when they get very angry. Getting angry is OK but breaking things is not OK.
If you break your own things when angry you may feel very upset later. You may feel sad that your things got broken. Adults may also be upset, angry or cross with you. They may tell you off and give you a consequence that you do not like.
Breaking things belonging to others is a bad thing to do. It can make them feel very sad, angry or cross. Adults may also be upset, angry or cross with you. They may tell you off and give you a consequence that you do not like. Later you may feel uncomfortable that you did a bad thing. Saying 'sorry' is a good thing to do.
Breaking things on purpose is not OK. It is bad to break other people's things when angry. If you do break things it is important to feel sorry.
Breaking ToYS (Parable)
Once upon a time, there were two friends who loved playing with each other’s toys. One day, one of them got really mad and broke the other friend's favourite toy. This made their friend very sad and the grown-ups were not happy either.
The friend who had broken the toy had done a bad thing, They had made their friend sad and now they felt bad about it. It was not a nice feeling knowing that they had done something wrong. So now they wanted to make things better. They wanted to make their friend feel happy again.
First they said sorry to their friend and also to the grown-ups. They tried to fix the broken toy and shared one of their own toys. They also promised to be more careful with their friend’s toys in the future.
This story teaches us that it's important to say sorry when we do something that makes a friend sad. Being a good friend means taking care of each other and being careful with their toys.
