How to Be a Good Friend

by Savi and Cleo

Today we are going to tell you how to be a better friend than you already are. We will review the Lake Bluff code of character, PARK. Let’s start off with perseverance!

Sometimes when your friend frustrates you, you have to show perseverance. What this means is if one of your friends is being annoying, instead of yelling, show perseverance and don’t be mean. Instead, calmly tell them that they are all frustrating you.

Let’s move on to advocacy. Picture this, someone is being mean to your friend. What do you do? If you are showing advocacy, you’d either stand up for them, or tell an adult. If you were being bullied, then they would stand up for you.

Okay, I think we’ve got perseverance and advocacy nailed down, let’s move onto responsibility. Being responsible and being a good friend have a lot in common. There is a lot of responsibility that comes with being a friend. You are responsible for being kind to your friend everyday. But, we’ll review that later, when we talk about kindness. Also, you need to be responsible for your actions towards your friends. For example, you can’t boss them around. That’s not kind. Also, if your friend asks you to borrow something, you have to be responsible and remember to bring it. If you are borrowing something, take good care of it and return it to your friend. Don’t lose it!

Now for (drum roll please) kindness. Kindness is SUPER important in a friendship. If you’re rude to your friend, their feelings would be hurt, and they’d probably be mad for a little while. You’ll probably make up eventually, but it probably won’t feel good to argue. And it can ruin your friendship if you’re mean to your friend.

And now, what you’ve (probably) all been waiting for, interviews!! We asked, “Where have you seen people being nice to each other?”

Idina (4th grader) says, “At the playground, when someone gets hurt, someone always helps them back up.”

Anya (4th grader) says, “A lot on the playground, when someone gets hurt, or asking people if they want to play.”

Frank (3rd grader) says, “I've seen kids say “good game,” after a baseball game.”

Misha (4th grader) says, “on the playground when someone gets hurt, someone helps them.”

It looks like the students of Lake Bluff are being very kind! We hope you learned things from this article.