Friendship

What is a friend?

• A person we never talk to.

• A person you know, choose to talk to or spend time with.

• A person you know but choose to not talk to or spend time with.

What is most important to YOU in a friend?

• how they treat me

• having a lot in common

• I laugh when I am with them

• usually agreeing on things

Are these examples of healthy or unhealthy friendships?

One friend always invites the other to hang out/play all the time.

A friend lies about what they are doing when they don't want to hang out.

• healthy

• unhealthy

What is a friendship boundary?

• Lines that separate disrespectful and annoying actions.

• Lines that separate respectable and fun actions from disrespectful and annoying actions.

• Lines that separate respectful and fun actions.

Tracy likes to hit people, kind of hard, to get their attention. Her friend said "ow" when Tracy hit her. Tracy tells her "oh gosh I didn't hit you that hard."

What friendship boundary is being crossed?

• chit chat

• joking

• touching

• BFF

Sarah, Lily and Stacy are all friends. Sarah and Lily talk bad about Stacy when she is not around and tells everyone Stacy's secrets.

What friendship boundary is being crossed?

• BFF

• joking

• chit chat

• touching

Lisa tells her friend she HAS to play at recess with her.

What friendship boundary is being crossed?

• chit chat

• do this

• BFF

• joking

Steve is shorter than most the boys in his class and it bothers him. His friend, Jason, calls him "short fry" even after Steve asked him to stop.

What friendship boundary is being crossed?

• chit chat

• BFF

• joking

• touching

After the lesson today, how good of a friend do you think you are?

1: I am not a very good friend.

5: I am a really great friend!

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• 2

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• 5