Tag: toxic friendship
Friendship by the Book: Interview with Camilla Way, author of Watching Edie
Win a copy of Watching Edie, a new novel by Camilla Way…
Doomed friendship: A teacher gets too friendly with a parent of a child in her classroom
She worries that the friendship is doomed and wants to keep it amicable.
In the Media – 4 Ways to Fix a Toxic Friendship (Huffington Post)
Linda Melone writes offer four strategies to effectively fix a toxic friendship.
In the Media – Can friends can be bad for your health? (NextAvenue.com)
A recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University suggests that some friends may be bad for your health.
Reader Wisdom: On Handling a Toxic Friendship
A reader explains why she hung on to a toxic friendship.
Taking Stock of a Friendship in Black and White
When it comes to friendship, sometimes you just have to cut your losses QUESTION Dear Irene, My husband and I have been friends with a married couple for approximately three years, who have many children and a multitude of different issues in their life. I have always been there for both of them and […]
Guest Post: How To Handle Toxic Teen friendships
Teens are hard-pressed to know when they should phase out a friendship—even toxic teen friendships.
Toxic friendships: It takes two
It takes two people to define a friendship. So if your friend has no boundaries, it’s also true that you haven’t set any limits.
The friendship pause that refreshes
QUESTION Dear Irene, I have a group of girlfriends, basically six of us, who’ve known each other since high school. Anyway, I got very close with three of them: Annie, Carole and Beth. I thought we would be best friends forever just like in the movies. I was, and probably still am, very insecure. I […]
When A Friend Complains About Your Kid
When another mother complains about your kid, it can really stress the adult friendship. In this case, it killed it.
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