DEEP DIVE: Helping Kids Manage Their Friendships

What do we do as parents when our kids aren't great at making friends, or their friends are outgrowing them, or we feel that their friends are a bad influence?

Sometimes, we're not supposed to do anything at all. Sometimes our kids really need our support. How can we tell the difference?

In this episode, Amy and Margaret discuss:

• what might contribute to trouble making friends
• the skills kids can develop to become better friends
• what to do when you don't like your kid's friends

This episode was originally released on November 6, 2024.

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

• Michelle Icard for CNN: ⁠Parents ‘should be seen and not heard’ when it comes to kids and their friendships⁠
• Parenting.org: ⁠My Child Has No Friends⁠
• Julia Morrill for Health Matters: ⁠How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make Friends⁠
• Lexi Walters Wright for Understood.org: ⁠4 skills for making friends⁠
•  Claire McCarthy for Harvard Health Publishing: ⁠Helping children make friends: What parents can do⁠
• Kelsey Borresen for HuffPost: ⁠What To Do If You Don’t Like Your Kid’s Friend⁠

What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.

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