Making friends

Help your child or teen manage friendship issues

It is certainly not unusual for children and teens to struggle both to make friends and to keep them and this can start as soon as they start school with many experiencing great sadness when a friend breaks away and befriends someone else in the class, leaving your child feeling alone and confused. Of course, it can also work the other way. Navigating friendships can be fraught with problems and it’s hard to know how to help. Here are a few ideas of discussions that may be appropriate , hopefully something here will hit the spot.

F – Feel the fear and manage the failure

R – Rapport – matching patterns

I – Intuition – watch the body language

E – Empathy – care about them

N – Knowledge – get to know them

D – Drama Triangle – keep out!

S – Stuff happens – you can only control your response

H – Hold onto your values and be prepared to shifts some beliefs

I – No ifs or buts – just do it!

P – Playful – laugh, life doesn’t have to be dull

Feel the fear and manage the failure

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