"My weekend was the best," Sherelle excitedly told Andrea. "Really? What was so good about it?" Andrea inquired. "Well, I went shopping with Linda," Sherelle answered, naming a classmate. I got a pair of earrings, a lipstick and a fingernail polish."
"I thought you spent all of your allowance, did you ask for an advance or something?" "Girl that's the best part! The first store we went into, Linda just took whatever she wanted and no one even noticed. So, when we went to the next store I tried it and it worked! We're going 'shopping' again next week. Why don't you join us?"

What should Andrea do? Put the decision making steps to work and help Andrea decide what to do.

Decision Making Steps

1. Identify the problem.

2. Make a list of all the choices available to you.

3. Examine the consequences of each possible solution.

4. Determine which solution seems to be best and act on it. consequences of you decision.

5. Check the results. Did it work or does the problem still exist?