Category: Teen friendships
Something’s wrong: My friend has lost so much weight
A young teen wonders how to help her friend whom she thinks has an eating disorder.
My Mom Banned Me From Seeing My Best Friend
A 15-year-old is upset that she’s been banned from seeing someone her mom sees as a “bad friend.”
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?”
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.”
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.
My daughter doesn’t seem to fit in with classmates
A mom asks how she can help her daughter fit in at school.
I’m nice to people but they don’t like my appearance
A teen feels that her appearance my be interfering with her friendships at school.
It is better to have more or fewer friends?
A teen reflects on her friendships and asks which works best—more or fewer friends?
My middle school daughter’s ex-friend is jealous and mean
A mom wonders how to support her daughter whose ex-friend is mean to her.
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