Friends forever
Subtitle: how parents can help their kids make and keep good friends
By: Fred Frankel
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780470624500
Subjects: Friendship in children; Social skills in children; Interpersonal relations
Description: "The author presents a systematic plan for parents helping kids make and sustain friendships including: *Making time for friends by not overscheduling.  *Developing interests that attract friends.  Dancing and sports are in; solitary video games out.   *Finding friends in the neighborhood.  *The potential for a positive role with internet social networking as a way to meet and stay connected -- including instant messsaging, web sites, blogs, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.  Addiction can become a problem but the correct and supervised use of internet and social networking is now an essential part of kids' friendship. *Dealing with teasing & bullying.  *Learning social and emotional intelligence skills like listening, empathy, compassion, recreational conversation.  *Modeling friendships in your own life, at work, in the neighborhood, and at home.  *Helping kids deal with and survive stormy friendships.  The author's philosophy is that parents can take on the important role as model, advocate, champion, and facilitator, in a highly effective and important way.  Kids must have friends, it's essential, and we can help"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.