Growing Friendships
A Kids' Guide to Making and Keeping Friends
Aladdin/Beyond Words · Print & ebook · July 18, 2017
From psychologist and children’s friendships expert Eileen Kennedy-Moore and parenting and health writer Christine McLaughlin comes a social development primer that gives kids the answers they need to make and keep friends.
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- Who it’s for
- A practical, lightly humorous guide to the social skills that help children make and keep friends.
- Themes
- Making and keeping friends, Fitting in socially, Kindness in friendship
- Genres
- Friendship, Emotions, Self-Esteem & Independence
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From psychologist and children’s friendships expert Eileen Kennedy-Moore and parenting and health writer Christine McLaughlin comes a social development primer that gives kids the answers they need to make and keep friends. Friendships aren’t always easy for kids. Almost every child struggles socially at some time, in some way.
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Having an argument with a friend, getting teased, or even trying to find a buddy in a new classroom…although these are typical problems, they can be tough. Children want to fit in, but sometimes getting along with friends is complicated. Psychologist and children’s friendship expert Eileen Kennedy-Moore and parenting and health writer Christine McLaughlin give kids the answers they need to make and keep friends using five essential skills: -Reaching Out to Make Friends -Stepping Back to Keep Friends -Blending In to Join Friends -Speaking Up to Share With Friends -Letting Go to Accept Friends With research-based, practical solutions and plenty of true-to-life-examples of social skills in practice—presented in lighthearted humorous cartoons—Growing Friendships is a toolkit for both boys and girls as they make sense of the social environment around them. They will learn how to be open to friendship, choose kind friends, and most important, be a good friend.
Friendship, Practiced
A practical, lightly humorous guide to the social skills that help children make and keep friends.
Come here for
- Concrete guidance on reaching out, joining in, speaking up, and letting go
- True-to-life examples paired with humorous cartoons
Expect
- Five essential friendship skills, from making connections to choosing kind friends
- A toolkit for navigating common social challenges
Where it sits
| Friendship | 100% |
|---|---|
| Emotions | 20% |
| Self-Esteem & Independence | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Friendship
- Self-Esteem & Independence
- Bullying
- Authors
- Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Christine McLaughlin
- Publisher
- Aladdin/Beyond Words
- Published
- July 18, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Making and keeping friends · Fitting in socially · Kindness in friendship
- Reading lane
- Friendship