friendship in children

Provides advice for children on friendship, covering how to make friends, how to handle fights, what to do if someone is being mistreated, and other related topics.

Shows parents how to help children ages four to fifteen who do not have friends or have difficulties in friendships, covering such issues as tattling and gossiping, teasing and bullying, shyness, bossiness, insensitivity, oversensitivity, competitiveness, peer pressure, cliques, breakups, and being the "new kid.".

Presents step-by-step plans parents may use to help their children find, make, and keep friends, and deal with teasing, bullying, and meanness, and includes advice on how to help children who are hyperactive, have a bad reputation, are not noticed by classmates, or who have other problems.

A girl describes the challenges and rewards of her relationship with her best friend Cindy.

Six middle school students try to navigate difficult social situations while forming friendships, resolving disputes, and handling gossip, exclusion, bullying, peer pressure, and more, with quizzes, comics, tips, resources, and character narratives.

A fictional account of the lifelong friendship between Willow, a young Chinese girl, and Pearl, the daughter of Christian missionaries who would become the celebrated author, Pearl S. Buck. Young Pearl and Willow become friends in a small southern China town and share their experiences of growing up, love, and motherhood. When civil war erupts, Pearl is forced to leave the country while Willow's "imperialist" ties threaten her safety in Mao's regime. Though a world apart, the two women remain friends.

Enumerates the qualities that make someone a good friend.

Talks about friends, explaining what they are and some of the things friends do together.

Describes the qualities of a good friend and discusses activities and communication problems involved in friendship.