Sticky Situations
🎙️ Sticky Situations! – Real-life kid dilemmas. Real tough choices. What would YOU do?
Every episode of Sticky Situations! presents a short, relatable story about a tricky choice kids might face—like whether to share, speak up, or include someone else. After the story, we break down why it’s a “sticky” situation, explore three possible choices, and ask questions to get kids thinking and talking.
🧠 Great for classroom discussions, morning meetings, or family listening
🎧 Perfect for kids in grades 1–6
🗣️ Builds empathy, critical thinking, and conversation skills
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2025
Toilet Trouble (The Bathroom Dilemma)
After lunch at school, Bryan Teacher rushes to the bathroom and breathes a sigh of relief… until he realizes there’s no toilet paper! 😱
What should he do?
👉 Call for help
👉 Penguin-walk to another stall
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Sticky Situations Podcast: Cutting in Line
Today, we tackle a classic school dilemma: someone cuts in line! 😬
You’re in the cafeteria, everyone’s waiting, and suddenly… a boy jumps ahead.
Do you:
Speak up politely?
Stay quiet to avoid conflict?
As…
🎮 Game Night Dilemma: What Would YOU Do?
Imagine this… It’s game night at Alex’s house. 🎮
There are 5 players, but only 4 controllers. Everyone’s excited—
except Hazel, Alex’s little sister, who keeps getting skipped.
Now YOU face the dilemma:
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The Dropped Sandwich Dilemma 🍞🤔 What Would YOU Do
Imagine this… You and your friends just got back to your house after school. Everyone’s hungry, so you make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. But then—plop!—one sandwich hits the floor. Nobody saw …
🍚🥢 The Dinner Invitation
Ethan is excited to hang out with his friend Minho after school. But when dinner is served, he’s faced with a challenge: a colorful Korean meal with rice, kimchi, and seaweed soup. Ethan has never tr…
The Field Trip (What would you do?)
🦖 Sticky Situations: The Field Trip 🎧
Boyoon can’t wait to see the dinosaurs at the science museum. But when he wakes up with a fever, he’s faced with a tricky choice:
🤒 Should he stay home… or sneak a…
The Shopping Cart Dilemma
You’re done shopping. You see the cart return area—but it’s kinda far. No one’s watching. What do you do?
In this episode, meet Jason—a kid who faces a choice we ALL make at some point.
Return the cart…
🐹 Hamster Switch
🐹 Greg’s got a big choice.
One hamster is his.
The other is the class pet.
And they look exactly the same.
Would YOU switch them if no one would know?
🎧 Listen to the newest Sticky Situation: Hamster Swit…
🎮 Daon’s Birthday Game Dilemma 🎈
It’s Daon’s birthday, and she just unwrapped the ultimate gift: the brand-new Nintendo Switch 2! She's so excited to dive into Mario Odyssey, but her big brother Kangmin has other plans—he wants to p…
No Soda for You?! 😲 What Should Nicky Do?
🚨 Uh-oh! Nicky’s in a fizzy situation...
He’s at his friend’s house and just got handed his very first can of soda. The problem? His parents never let him have it! 😬
They’re not here… so should he snea…
The Classroom Mural Mix-Up
Jose is the best artist in the class—and his teacher picks him to lead a new mural project! But when Leo asks if he can help too, Jose isn’t sure what to say. Leo’s art isn’t the neatest, and Jose wa…