Tag: childhood friendships

Best friends: Should Children In Preschool Be Separated From Their Friends?

Published: September 20, 2025 | By | 5 Replies Continue Reading
Best friends: Should Children In Preschool Be Separated From Their Friends?

A preschool teacher separates a child from her best friends, which leads to problems in the classroom and at home.

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When A Friend Starts Fibbing: A Young Reader Asks What To Do

Published: February 10, 2025 | By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
When A Friend Starts Fibbing: A Young Reader Asks What To Do

A young reader laments that her good friend has started fibbing and stretching the truth. What should she do?

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How can I help my daughter with ADHD mend a broken friendship?

Published: January 25, 2013 | Last Updated: January 25, 2013 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

A mother of a daughter with ADHD is concerned about the impact of her daughter’s diagnosis on her friendships—and asks how to mend one she’s messed up.

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A Q & A with Susan Newman: Friendship and The Only Child

Published: June 7, 2011 | Last Updated: May 19, 2025 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
A Q & A with Susan Newman: Friendship and The Only Child

What do parents need to know about friendship and the only child? Does it have an impact on making and keeping friends?

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Why do some women have such a hard time making friends: Nature or nurture?

Published: June 4, 2010 | Last Updated: December 17, 2013 By | 1,454 Replies Continue Reading

Is it nature or nurture that makes it hard for some people to form friendships?

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Friendship by the Book – The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship

Published: April 29, 2009 | Last Updated: January 29, 2024 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
Friendship by the Book – The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship

The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow tells the remarkable story of the 40-year friendship of a circle of eleven female friends.

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Is My Childhood Friendship Worth Saving?

Published: October 22, 2008 | Last Updated: March 22, 2024 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
Is My Childhood Friendship Worth Saving?

A reader questions whether a childhood friendship is worth saving. The relationship has gone through a lot of turmoil in the past.

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