Parts of a Healthy Friendship
Give a definition of a friend.
Someone who you know and like (and knows and likes you back) that you choose to talk to or spend time with.
Name 3 components of an unhealthy friendship.
Laughs at you, mean, gets mad at you for hanging out with others, bossy, peer pressure,....
Define friendship boundaries.
Friendship boundaries are invisible lines that separate respectful and fun actions from disrespectful and annoying actions.
We should try to solve small or medium problems on our own. Name how many solutions you should try before telling an adult.
2-3
Someone cut you in the lunch line. Name a solution to solve that problem.
Ignore, tell how you feel.
Give an example of support in a friendship.
Cheering your friend on, encouraging them, or listening to them when they need to talk.
A friend is often saying jokes that hurt your feelings. Is this a healthy or unhealthy friendship.
Unhealthy.
Anthony is a little bigger than Avery. Lately Avery has been calling Anthony F3 for "favorite fat friend" and laughing. Name the boundary that this crosses.
Joking.
Give an example of a medium problem someone might have with a friend.
The friend is saying mean jokes about them, being bossy, excluding others, or lied to them.
A friend has been ignoring you lately. Name something you can do to solve the problem.
Tell how you feel, play with someone else.
Name the part of a healthy friendship that is thinking "A real friend would like me for who I am."
Being yourself.
A healthy friendship allows for both friends to spend time with other people and have their own interests. An unhealthy friendship might involve....
Someone getting mad if you spend time with someone else or blocking you from having other friendships.
Jessica said she wanted to play on the playground and pulled on Sarah's arm to drag her to the playground. Name the boundary that this crosses.
Touching
Someone keeps talking about their new gaming system and how it's much cooler than your gaming system. Name a solution you can use to solve this problem.
Tell how you feel, play with someone else, ignore.
Name two different ways that you can wait and cool off.
Get a drink of water, take deep breaths, count to 10, sing a song in your head,...
Describe respect in a healthy friendship.
Treating someone else how you would like to be treated, being ok with their differences, listening, being kind.
Trust is an important part of friendship. Give an example of what this might look like in a healthy friendship.
You can talk to someone and know that they won't tell your business to other people, you believe a friend will be there for you, and know that they will be honest with you.
Mark told Jacob that he could come over to play video games after school only if he took a bag of chips from the teacher's cabinet. Name the boundary that this crosses.
Do this.
Give an example of an apology.
I am sorry for ______________. Next time I will _________.
Describe why it is important to know the difference between healthy and unhealthy friendships.
So that you can surround yourself with friendships that make you feel good, to make and keep positive friends, and to know when a friendship might not be good for you.
Name at least 4 traits in a healthy friendship.
Trust, respect, helpful, includes others, encouraging, support, loyalty, being yourself....
We named 8 key parts of a healthy friendship. Name 4 of them.
Mutual respect, acceptance, independence, trust, support, honesty, compromise, and communication
We learned about 5 friendship boundaries. Name at least 3 of them.
*Bonus 100 points if you can name all 5.
Joking, touching, BFFs, do this, and chit chat.
There are 8 DASH to solutions. Name at least 4 of them.
Ignore, apologize, play something else, tell how you feel, share and take turns, tell them to stop, walk away, wait and cool off.
Give an example of an I-Message (using all three parts).
I feel___________when you___________. Can you please____________?