Belonging
What does it mean to belong?
Belonging means acceptance as a member or part...A sense of belonging to a greater community improves your motivation, health, and happiness. When you see your connection to others, you know that all people struggle and have difficult times. You are not alone. There is comfort in that knowledge.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201403/create-sense-belonging
"As a school counselor, I love that connections gives me an opportunity to provide lessons in small group format directly to my own students. I am able to get to know them a bit better and see how they interact with their friends and peers!"
-Ms. Magilnick
The School Climate Committee was the driving force behind individual seating just outside the cafeteria. The provided bar-style seating provides a lunch spot for students who do not have friends in a given lunch wave or would just prefer to eat and/or do work alone.
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6 Lessons About High School Friendships
1. You will make lasting impressions on each other.
Maybe you won’t be friends forever...No matter what happens, you will always remember each other and the memories you have made.
2. Be nice to everyone, even if your friendship ends.
People will remember you if you treat them poorly. There is no guarantee you won’t run into them later in life and have to face up to something you did to hurt them.
3. Don’t blow your friends off for your boyfriend.
After a while, I began to feel left out and missed them terribly. When I was ready for reentry, it took them some time for them to trust me. I’d hurt them. I know this because when it was done to me, it hurt me deeply.
Don’t disappear on your friends. It will hurt all of you. Besides, boyfriends in high school are fleeting.
4. Stick up for each other.
I know it’s hard at this age to speak up to classmates, or people you don’t know very well. But if someone is bad mouthing one of your girls, and you take a stand, it shows where your loyalty lies and you will always be remembered for that.
5. Don’t talk about friends behind their back to your other friends,
Talk to me or your father. Maybe there is a teacher for counselor you can reach out to if you are struggling. People talk, news spreads fast, and really, it never makes you feel good to talk about anyone in your core “group.” I know this is not easy and no one is perfect, but if you try and practice being honest and talking to them about how you feel instead of a mutual friend, problems will be solved so much faster.
6. If a friendship doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t.
Know when to walk away from someone. It doesn’t matter how cool or popular they are. Even if you want to desperately be their friend, and you are compromising your integrity, that’s not a friendship. We are not supposed to feel desperate or needy around people. They are supposed to meet our energy, not take it away. If someone isn’t treating your right, or serving you in the way you want, love yourself enough to choose yourself and walk away.
Friends are supposed to lift us up; we are supposed to lift them up and appreciate them. They are worth the time and energy, and hopefully you girls will be lucky enough to develop, and form, life-long friendships.
For the full article: https://grownandflown.com/6-things-daughter-needs-know-high-school-friendships/
