Helping Your Kids Identify Toxic (and Healthy) Friendships
Kids don’t know instinctively what it means to be a good friend. As a result, they ride the rollercoaster of drama-filled friendships and even toxic relationships. This in turn can lead to a lack of confidence, isolation, and worse mental health struggles. As parents, we can equip our children to cultivate good connections with others.
In this episode you’ll hear:
What it means to be a good friend.
What our kids can look for when choosing a friend.
How to identify toxic friends and create healthy distance.
Key Points:
Being a good friend requires you to protect your friends.
Friendship doesn't just happen organically. It has to be intentional.
Kids don’t know instinctively what it means to be a good friend. Sometimes we have to spell it out for them.
Find a who's just as much interested in you as they are in themselves.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Sign up for the Eliminate the Drama Pop Up Podcast HERE. Available June 13-17, 2022.
Soap and Glory Bath and Skin Care
Frères Branchiaux Candles
Castle (TV Show)
How Well Do You Know Me? Conversation Starters
Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are by Carlin Flora
Gortimer Gibbons Life On Normal Street on Amazon Prime
Subscribe to the show in iTunes and leave a review. Reviews help podcasters get their show noticed.
Join our Facebook Group
Get the Family Discussion Sheet