Friendships

What is a friend?

• A person we don't know and don't talk to.

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

• A person you know who you choose to spend time with.

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

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

• joking

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

1: I am not a good friend.

5: I am a really great friend!

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• 2

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• 5