Category: Child and adolescent friendships
In the Media – On parenting shy kids (Highlights Magazine)

Journalist Molly Lopez asked three experts about parenting shy kids in a recent article in Highlights Magazine.
In the Media – Helping Your Teen Build Healthy Friendships (Your Teen Magazine)

Writing in Your Teen Magazine, Cathie Ericson poses a question that might be in the mind of many parents, “What does a healthy teenage social life look like?”
Child and Adolescent Friendships: My friend doesn’t like me making other friends
A young woman’s friends doesn’t like her making other friends and wonders how to handle the situation.
In the Media – For teens: Unfollowing friends in real life

As tricky as unfollowing friends can be online, it’s far more complicated and risky to do “in real life.”
My friend says I’m following her around too much
A young teen is following her friend around school, annoying her friend in the process.
Teen struggling to find friends
A teen with a history of bullying is struggling to find friends. She thinks the ones she has are using her to be close to her attractive brother.
Feeling like a friendship failure
A young teen feels like a friendship failure because several friendships are falling apart.
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