Friendship is one of the most important relationships girls learn to navigate, but it is also one of the least explicitly taught.

In this episode of The Girls’ Field Guide, we talk about how girls can better understand friendship, recognize different kinds of friends, handle conflict, set boundaries, repair relationships, and know when it may be time to let go.

We also talk about an equally important question: What kind of friend am I being?

🌿 In This Episode

We cover:

• Why friendship is a real relationship skill
• Why not every friend needs to be a best friend
• Close friends, activity friends, casual friends, and season-of-life friends
• How friendships influence girls’ confidence, choices, and sense of what is normal
• What healthy friendship can actually look and feel like
• Why conflict does not automatically mean a friendship is unhealthy
• The difference between a pattern and a mistake
• How girls can learn to repair a friendship
• When distance or ending a friendship may be appropriate
• Why girls also need to think about the kind of friend they are becoming

💬 Questions to Talk About With Your Daughter

You might ask:

• What makes someone feel like a close friend to you?
• Do all of your friends play the same role in your life?
• Can you be yourself around your friends?
• Can you disagree without the friendship falling apart?
• Can you say no without being punished or excluded?
• How do you know when something is a mistake versus a pattern?
• What do you think makes someone a good friend?
• What kind of friend do you want to be?

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