It's not okay to use something bad to get attention.
John is a teenager in high school going through changes and feeling left out.
John wants to feel cared about.
John visits the school's counselor and explains all of the problems he has a been feeling.
John begins to act out at school by getting in fights and talking back to teachers in front of his classmates.
The counselor speaks to John's parents who then choose to make more time for John.
John is suspended from school and punished by his parents making him more withdrawn.