Friendship Skills
This excerpt on nurturing good friendships comes from Steve Biddulph’s book 10 Things Girls Need Most, and I think it applies to our sons too. Steve notes that “In Best Friends, Worst Enemies, psychologist Michael Thompson describes seven key skills that make up friendship competence and the ability to get along with others. 1. A positive view of friendship (seeing it as valuable and fun). 2. Sharing and taking turns (essential with most games and activities). 3. Feeling for others (being unselfish…