Some people consider something is lacking if they have a small group of friends. That’s where the word ‘only’ comes in – if you ‘only’ have something, it feels like something else is missing. But when it comes to friendship groups, small can be everything you need. Throughout high school, my group of friends has …
Friendship
How’s this for awkward: I had to move schools in year 10. Kindergarten was the last time I had gone to a new place without knowing a single soul. Let me tell you, it was a lot easier to make friends when I was five. Before you read on you should know that I am …
Friendships and connections are the strong scaffold of a happy (and healthy!) life. However, being a good friend isn’t always easy – it’s a skill that our teens need to learn and practise. As we know, kids aren’t necessarily ‘natural’ at being a good friend. In fact, it can be a very rough road indeed. …
We love it when our kids want to hang out and be social. We don’t love it when they have to spend ridiculous amounts of money to have fun with friends. Every now and then it’s great to go to a water park, shopping, laser tag, eating fast food or seeing a movie, but not …
I’m writing this guide for my kids as they grow up and go out into the world — but it’s for anyone who wants to connect with others. To be a connected, fulfilled person, we have to be someone others want to be around. I’m writing it for my teenage self, who was shy and …
Dealing with frenemies was hard enough the first time around, but here we are, going through it all over again with our kids. There’s something so confronting about a mean friend and it’s certainly one of life’s more treacherous waters to have to learn to navigate. As I guide my own kids to healthy friendships …