Assertiveness involves directly asking for what one wants, such as postponing a decision until later.

“assert is where you ask for that's the a where you ask for directly what it is that you want olivia would you be fine if we could postpone this decision until you're older maybe even out of high school so you may think about prior to doing it what is it specifically that you're asking for so if you want to start out by asking i'd like you know would you be willing to postpone this decision until after high school might be a more direct assert”