Friends Forever? Why Your Friendships Are So Important

Name: Friends Forever? Why Your Friendships Are So Important
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ISBN: 9780810994805

ISBN-10: 0810994801

ISBN-13: 9780810994805

Edition: 2008

Authors: Odile Amblard, Andrï¿½e Pigent, Andrea Bussell, Andrea Bussell, Andree Prigent

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Everybody needs friends! This book helps readers define all sorts of friendships and offers tips for getting and keeping pals. Some of the most important relationships in our lives are with our friends . . . so why does friendship have to be so difficult sometimes? Is it better to have one best friend, or is there safety in numbers? What do you do if your friend turns his or her back on you? And can boys and girls really be just friends?Friends Forever?helps teens get to the bottom of these questions and more while helping them understand another key friendship: the one they are trying to have with themselves.

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 6/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Introduction



Friendship is Essential


Everybody's a buddy


Lots of acquaintances, a handful of true friends


A fortunate meeting


Good-bye, childhood


The tale of the lobster


Say no to loneliness


Self-confidence


Being open to friendship


The rhythms of friendship





Bosom buddies: little things and big laughs


Similarities: two peas in a pod


Differences: two halves of a whole


Confidants: you tell each other everything


No need for words


Tolerance: you don't judge each other


Loyalty: you never turn your back


Notes and e-mails


Life is better when you're together


Solidarity: you stick together


Never letting go


Quotes



You and Others


Guy friends: all for one and one for all


Girlfriends: bffs!


Three's company: you, your friend, and her boyfriend


Girls and guys: can they really be "just friends"?


Cliques and groups: safety in numbers or just another fish in the sea?


Parents: friends or foes?


In private



Real Friends/Fake Friends


Your friend flicka


Brothers and sisters: beloved enemies


Much older siblings: sometimes like friends, sometimes just like parents


Your parents: your friends?


Dear diary


Mentors


Arguments and complications


Betrayal


Moving away?


Past, present, and future: friends forever?


Quotes


Suggestions for further reading


Index