SEQUIM — It’s a test of strength, and a dilemma facing many teens.
Your parents are going out of town for the weekend, and have made you promise you won’t have any houseguests while they’re gone.
But someone of the opposite sex — whom you really like — wants to come over and practice lines for a play in which you’ll both appear.
What do you do?
This and other scenarios can be hashed out through “Character Counts,” a new program sponsored by the Sequim Boys & Girls Club and aimed at teenagers.
“I have high hopes for this thing,” said Michael Smith, teen director for the club.
His hopes are that kids in an at-risk age group — ages 13 to 18 — might be persuaded to absorb some of the lessons in the Character Counts curriculum and think on a comprehensive level about the consequences of their actions.
Smith is so optimistic that such a program will provide positive influences for teens that he’s willing to pitch it to the entire community — including parents who might have questions about its content.