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Check out the article on How Your Children's Friends Affect Their Grades. Click on the word "friends" to read the article.
Check out the article on How Your Children's Friends Affect Their Grades. Click on the word "friends" to read the article.
8 Healthy Friendship Qualities
8 Healthy Friendship Qualities
ACCEPTANCE
ACCEPTANCE
Healthy friends accept the uniqueness of their friends; they don't try to change them.
Healthy friends accept the uniqueness of their friends; they don't try to change them.
Unhealthy friends tell their friends how to dress, how to talk, how to act, or how to feel.
Unhealthy friends tell their friends how to dress, how to talk, how to act, or how to feel.
ACTIVE LISTENING
ACTIVE LISTENING
Healthy friends are active listeners who pay attention, ask questions, and are interested in what their friends have to say.
Healthy friends are active listeners who pay attention, ask questions, and are interested in what their friends have to say.
Unhealthy friends pretend to listen to their friends just so they can have a turn to talk or interrupt their friends often.
Unhealthy friends pretend to listen to their friends just so they can have a turn to talk or interrupt their friends often.
BOUNDARIES
BOUNDARIES
Healthy friends set rules for how they expect to be treated. The rules are fair and have real meaning. For example, you might have specific things that you ask of others, such as not standing too close because you get nervous on crowds. Healthy friends tell each other when a personal boundary is being crossed. If a rule is broken, healthy friends will tell that friend and give him/her a second chance.
Healthy friends set rules for how they expect to be treated. The rules are fair and have real meaning. For example, you might have specific things that you ask of others, such as not standing too close because you get nervous on crowds. Healthy friends tell each other when a personal boundary is being crossed. If a rule is broken, healthy friends will tell that friend and give him/her a second chance.
Unhealthy friends don't care about their friend's boundaries and might make fun of them for having boundaries.
Unhealthy friends don't care about their friend's boundaries and might make fun of them for having boundaries.
COMPROMISE
COMPROMISE
Healthy friends work together and sometimes give up a little of something they want so that everyone gets to win a little. Simply put, this is about sharing and taking turns.
Healthy friends work together and sometimes give up a little of something they want so that everyone gets to win a little. Simply put, this is about sharing and taking turns.
Unhealthy friends are controlling and make all the rules to benefit them.
Unhealthy friends are controlling and make all the rules to benefit them.
FORGIVENESS
FORGIVENESS
Healthy friends forgive past mistakes and don't keep bringing it up.
Healthy friends forgive past mistakes and don't keep bringing it up.
Unhealthy friends hold grudges and sometimes seek revenge.
Unhealthy friends hold grudges and sometimes seek revenge.
RESPECT
RESPECT
Healthy friends respect their friends as unique individuals with their own thoughts, wants, an emotions. They respect their time, boundaries, and feelings. Healthy friends keep their promises and keep private information about their friends to themselves.
Healthy friends respect their friends as unique individuals with their own thoughts, wants, an emotions. They respect their time, boundaries, and feelings. Healthy friends keep their promises and keep private information about their friends to themselves.
Unhealthy friends spread rumors, break promises, and hurt feelings. Unhealthy friends only think of themselves.
Unhealthy friends spread rumors, break promises, and hurt feelings. Unhealthy friends only think of themselves.
SUPPORT
SUPPORT
Healthy friends encourage their friends; they cheer on their friends when they need them even when it's not convenient.
Healthy friends encourage their friends; they cheer on their friends when they need them even when it's not convenient.
Unhealthy friends are jealous, tear their friends down, and make fun of them.
Unhealthy friends are jealous, tear their friends down, and make fun of them.
TRUST
TRUST
A healthy friendship is based on trust. When there is trust, friends do not feel jealous nor do they try to control their friends.
A healthy friendship is based on trust. When there is trust, friends do not feel jealous nor do they try to control their friends.
When trust does not exist, unhealthy or toxic behaviors might happen, which include trying to control their friends and setting limits on them. For example, unhealthy friends might tell a friend she cannot be friends with ... or she can only play with them at recess.
When trust does not exist, unhealthy or toxic behaviors might happen, which include trying to control their friends and setting limits on them. For example, unhealthy friends might tell a friend she cannot be friends with ... or she can only play with them at recess.
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