The Safe Choice

• Making a choice means:
• You pick the things you like best
• You decide for yourself what your life will be like
• You have a right to make choices.

• A risk is the chance something bad might happen.
• Some choices have lots of risk:
• If you choose to cross the street without looking, a car might hit you; and
• If you choose to smoke, you might get sick.
• Learn more about choice and risk.

• There is a safe way and a risky way to do everything.
• If you choose the risky way, you might get hurt.
• Someone else might get hurt, too!
• The best choice is the safe way.

• There are things you can do to make a safe choice.
• Safe choices have less risk.
• Less risk means less chance that something bad might happen.
• The easiest way to make a safe choice is: Think, Plan, Do.

• Saturday is a nice day. You do not have to work.
• You choose to ride your bike to the park.
• How can you make your choice safe?

• Think about the best and worst things that can happen.

• You have fun at the park
• You get some exercise

• You fall off the bike
• You get lost
• Someone takes your bike

• Plan how you can ride your bike in a safe way:
• Wear a helmet
• Tell someone where you’re going
• Take a bike lock
• Ride on a bike path or close to the side of the road

• Make a safe choice.
• If you feel safe, ride your bike to the park!
• If you do not feel safe:
• Plan other ways to be safe
• Walk to the park
• Choose to do something else for fun

• Tell a friend, family member or support person what you want to do.
• Ask them if there are risks.
• Ask how you can be safe.
• Then decide for yourself.

• Making My Own Choices helps people choose things that are important to them in their lives.