Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a group chat among friends begins to stir up a sense of tension, it can quickly spill over into…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective Children who have kind hearts will often want to protect or to include their quieter friends, but they…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When your child’s idea is taken and presented as the original thought of someone else, the sting of…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective Children who have bright ideas and natural leadership instincts often mean well; they simply want the game to…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective Few moments can sting a child quite like standing in a line while team leaders are being chosen,…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When your child joins a loud, fast-talking group, where confident voices seem to fill every available gap, they may begin…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective It can be a painful experience to watch your child facing a group that says things like, ‘You…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When a teacher asks the children in a class to ‘find a new partner’ for an activity, some…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When whispers begin, whether it is in the classroom, on the playground, or at a party, a child…
Making and Keeping Friendships
Parenting Perspective When your child’s best friend joins a group activity, it can stir up some unexpected emotions in them,…