20 Ways To Lose A Friend
In KIDS group participants learn how to make and keep friends. Sometimes it’s the negative behaviors that make a bad first impression or push friends away. These behaviors can be on purpose, accidental or driven by a desperate need to be accepted. The group members came up with these 20 ways to lose a friend. If your child struggles with friendship issues, challenge them to do identify a behavior and work on decreasing it.
- Being Mean
- Annoying behavior- not stopping when asked
- Trying to be friends with the wrong person (someone who is consistently mean)
- Being physically aggressive
- Cheating
- Gossiping
- Being too hyper
- Acting weird
- Inappropriate talk (swearing/potty talk)
- Being a know it all
- Being controlling
- Invading personal space
- Trying too hard (people pleasing)
- Not being yourself: (pretending to be like them to be accepted).
- Lying
- Antagonizing: Pushing people’s buttons on purpose
- Only talking about yourself
- One uping/ Bragging
- Getting jealous when they play with someone else
- Not taking care of yourself: (baths, brushing teeth, clean clothing, etc).
This summer KIDS group is teaming up with Mad Science to provide an innovative and hands on experience to learn social skills. Many kids excel in science because it is logical and predictable. Human behavior is much more complex. We will be using the laws of science to help explain social etiquette in a new and fun way. Click here for more information.