2.  Emotional support
› Reassurance,
acceptance,
understanding
 Models for imitation
› Teach social and
emotional skills
 Opportunities to
practice roles
› Time for growth and
new experiences

3.  Most teens find it easier to
be friends with the same
age and the same
interests
› Don’t miss out on
opportunities to be friends
with children; they look up to
teens
› Children want to imitate
teens
› You as a teen can learn
responsibility to understand
their needs and how to
meet them.

4.  Male to male
› Tend to share interests
and activities with friends
 Opposite gender
friendships
› Can help see issues from
that gender’s point of
view
 Female to female
› Like to share personal
concerns and emotional
intimate feeling

5.  Adult friendships
› Older adults offer benefits of
their experiences as well as
personal friendships.
› They can help put your
problems into proper
perspective and you as a
teen can give them
companionship
 Other backgrounds
› Can bring insights and
information that you might
not normally encounter

6.  This can be
difficult when
the following
are a factor:
› Shy
› Low self-esteem
› Lack of
experience

7.  You need to realize that you are worthy
of being a friend; you have qualities and
abilities that people will appreciate
 You may fear rejection when taking the
first step
 Realize that nothing is lost by trying
 Keep trying until you find what works for
you

8.  Smile
 Speak first
 Introduce yourself
 Ask simple questions
to get things started
 Give sincere
compliments
 Focus on others
instead of yourself

9.  Friendly and cheerful
 Courteous
 Clean, neat, well-
groomed
 Interest in other
people
 A good listener
 Easy to get along
with
 Good sense of
humor

10.  Part-time job
 Community events
 Community centers
 Become a volunteer
 School functions
 Develop a new
interest
 Join a team

11.  Oldest and strongest friendships require
the most work
› Tend to take each other for granted
› You become less kind and considerate
› Accept friends
› Encourage friends in their goals/praise them
› Apologize when you hurt friends
› Be loyal, reliable and share with each other

12.  Mutual give and take in the relationship
 Does not mean that you will always
agree on everything with your friend
 Honesty is also an important part of
friendship
 Need to respect each other and accept
difference of opinions

13.  Peer pressure – attempt to influence
someone in a similar age group
› May be positive or negative
› True friends do not ask a friend to do
something that they are uncomfortable with
› No one can make you do something you do
not want to do
 When you want to be accepted and are
sensitive to criticism this becomes difficult

14.  Handling peer pressure
› High self esteem helps to see proper
perspective
 Competition
› Can be healthy or hazardous
 Popularity – to be liked and accepted
by many
› Develop positive traits and care about
others
› Don’t worry about trying to be popular

15.  Loneliness
› Do not have to be alone to be lonely
› “Giving in” to these feelings increases the
feeling
› Friendships is sharing weaknesses as well as
strengths
› Loneliness must be overcome with action
› Feel afraid others will not accept them
 This causes them to withdraw

16.  Groups that become
exclusive,
deliberately
rejecting people
 May scorn or ignore
others outside the
clique
 Can cause hurt
feelings

17.  Happens
because
people grow
and change
 The friends
have less in
common

18.  If a friendship is causing you
trouble/affecting your life…
› End the friendship
 When specific problems occur…
› Deal directly with the friend
 Break off a friendship with tact and
concern
› Express feelings without blaming or judging
the other person

19.  Feel sad
 Feel lonely
 Maybe guilty or
blame self
 Time helps lessen
pain

20. Do you have the qualities of
a good friend?