Finally, his friends drove him to the hospital in Bellevue and called home, asking me to meet them in the emergency room. Still, negligence on behalf of friends is an experience that makes us ache for our kids. We can often see in their circle of associates what they cannot, and at times that makes us feel desperately helpless. While it is true that we cannot choose our children's friends, or even protect them from every physically or emotionally damaging experience, we as parents can exert our positive influence. Adolescence, especially, is a critical time because teens are shaping their identities outside the family and among peers.
Good friends are essentially the unsung heroes.
I am so grateful for those who figuratively wear the cape and exert supernatural strength against adversity. Many times, at the peril of their own lives, they protected each other, giving a warning or finding a hideout. Aristotle wrote that friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. To find out, I suggest using the following criteria. It goes without saying that in order to find a friend, we must also be one, and the better individual we are, the better friend we can expect to find.