Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective Every parent faces moments where a quick ‘no’ slips out, only for them to realise later that they were perhaps too firm, distracted, or…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective Being ‘between groups’ can make a child feel invisible, no longer a part of their old circle, but…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective It can be an awkward situation for parents when a friendship between their children becomes tense or unkind.…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a child wants to reconnect with a friend after a period of several months apart, a feeling…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a friendship ends, whether it is through a process of drifting apart, through an act of betrayal,…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a conflict arises and the other child involved refuses to admit to their part in it, even…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a friendship has been repaired after a period of hurt, children can often feel a sense of…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a sense of trust has been broken, whether it is through gossip, the sharing of secrets, or…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When your child realises that someone they have been calling their ‘best friend’ has now chosen someone else, the hurt that they…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a close friend moves away, the quiet ache that can follow in its wake can feel very…