Imagine you have a favorite toy, like a teddy bear. Coerce is when someone tries to make you give up your teddy bear by making you feel like you have no choice. They might say, ‘You have to give it to me, or I won’t be your friend anymore.’ This is not nice because it makes you feel like you have to do something you don’t want to do.
Think of a time when you wanted to play outside, but someone said you couldn’t unless you did their chores for them. This is another way of using coercion. It’s like a game where the rules are unfair, and you feel stuck doing something you don’t want to do.
Picture a story where a big kid on the playground says, ‘Give me your lunch, or I’ll tell the teacher you did something bad.’ That’s using coercion too. It’s not fair because it’s like using a trick to make you feel scared or worried, so you do what they want.