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Hi Bec I’m hoping you can guide us! My 10 year old daughter has a long standing friendship with one girl. And a newer friendship (nearly 12 months), with a girl newer to school. She loves both friends, but they are very different. The new friend is actively bullying the old friend (they aren’t in the same friendship group at school, my daughter usually goes with the new girl unless she’s absent then she’ll revert to a different group). The new friend has many diagnoses and is on behavioral plans etc. She can be violent.…
Why you should be nervous if your child is in the “popular group” at school …
If your child tells you they’re part of the TC group at school — I want a warning flare to be going off in your head. I want…
5 Behaviours Which Burn Trust In Friendships
School holidays are the perfect time to reassess your friendships! Semester 2 offers us the chance or a fresh start and a clean slate in how we show…
When Your Child Has Been Dumped By Thier Friendship Group …
In December my friend Fi* came over for a Christmas catch-up on my back deck and ended up bursting into tears. We were just having a general conversation…
Why chasing the cool group in school is a bad idea …
The teenage years are when we learn some of our toughest friendship lessons. Here’s one of them. So after Christmas we went to a big family/family friends bbq…
Small (teen dating) tip. Big impact.
Here’s a small friendship tip for tweens and teens. And it actually also relates to dating. Be kind to the younger siblings. That’s it. Be nice to the…
3 Easy Ways To Level Up Your Friendship Game
Here are three tips to help level up your friendship game … 1. Ask two questions instead of one. Asking someone one question can make the exchange feel…
The Brick Wall Lesson
I know, it’s a brick wall. BORING. Except that I show this image in pretty much every friendship talk I give. Because that brick wall perfectly demonstrates what…
6 RED FLAGS Of A Toxic Friendship
This year I’ve heard some pretty awful stories about teen friendships.There was Alice who told me her best friend (Jill) didn’t feel Alice had bought her an expensive…
4 Ways To Respond to Teasing & Mean Comments
How do you help your kids handle mean jokes and roasting in school? I’m glad you asked! Here are four of my favourite responses… 1/ SAY NOTHINGJust don’t…
WINSTON BOOKS – where you can get them!
About this time every year I remind people to grab a copy of my favourite Christmas book: How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T Smith. I know what…
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Over the past 25 years Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living as a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a TV scriptwriter, a radio producer, a newspaper columnist and as an author.
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