Welcome back to Raising Confident Girls. In this episode, Melissa Jones explores what to do when your daughter's closest friendship starts to feel different. Drawing on nearly three decades of working with girls, Melissa explains why a changing friendship doesn't always mean someone did something wrong or that the friendship is ending. She shares practical ways parents can listen, understand what their daughter is experiencing, and help her recognize when a friendship is still mutual—and when she may be working too hard to hold it together.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why parents shouldn't decide what a friendship change means before understanding what their daughter is experiencing
• How different expectations about closeness can create hurt feelings between friends
• Why helping your daughter name what she misses can clarify what's really bothering her
• How to recognize the difference between a changing friendship and a pattern of behavior that repeatedly hurts your daughter
• The difference between reaching toward a friend and chasing someone to choose you
• How to help your daughter notice whether a friendship is giving something back to her
• Why your daughter can care about a changing friendship while staying open to new and growing relationships
• How parents can support their daughters without trying to fix the friendship or choose a replacement friend

Join Melissa for a thoughtful conversation about helping your daughter navigate friendship changes with empathy, honesty, and self-respect—and learning that she can care deeply about someone without abandoning herself in the process.

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