Healthy Peer Relationships

What are some important communication skills to have in friendships?

• Active listening, empathy, honesty, and respect

• Aggressive behavior, manipulation, and dishonesty

• Lack of empathy, insensitivity, and dishonesty

• Ignoring, interrupting, and disrespect

How can conflicts be resolved in peer relationships?

• Refusing to listen to the other person's perspective

• Open communication, active listening, compromise, and seeking a win-win solution

• Using physical aggression to assert dominance

• Ignoring the conflict and hoping it will go away

Why is it important to set boundaries with friends?

• It is important to set boundaries with friends to maintain healthy and respectful relationships, avoid misunderstandings, and protect your own well-being.

• Setting boundaries with friends is not important because it can lead to conflict and tension

• It is important to set boundaries with friends to control and manipulate them

• There is no need to set boundaries with friends because they should always understand and respect your needs

What are some signs of unhealthy friendships to watch out for?

• Mutually beneficial relationships

• Feeling energized after spending time with the friend

• Excessive positivity and support

• Constant negativity, lack of support, one-sided relationships, feeling drained after spending time with the friend

How can trust be built in peer relationships?

• By being reliable, keeping promises, being honest, showing empathy, and respecting boundaries.

• By being manipulative and deceitful

• By ignoring others' feelings and boundaries

• By constantly criticizing and belittling others

What are some strategies to resist peer pressure and make good decisions?

• Some strategies to resist peer pressure and make good decisions include: being assertive and saying no, surrounding yourself with positive influences, thinking about the consequences of your actions, and seeking support from trusted adults or friends.

• Giving in to peer pressure and going along with the crowd

• Isolating yourself from all social interactions to avoid peer pressure

• Ignoring the consequences of your actions and just doing whatever feels good in the moment

How can you communicate effectively with your friends when you are upset with them?

• Yell and scream at them to make them understand your feelings

• Ignore them and hope they figure out why you're upset

• Gossip about them to other friends instead of talking to them directly

• Communicate calmly and directly using 'I' statements to express your feelings and listen to their perspective.

What are some healthy ways to handle disagreements with your friends?

• Active listening, expressing feelings calmly, seeking compromise, taking a break if needed

• Making sarcastic remarks

• Ignoring your friend's perspective

• Yelling and arguing

Why is it important to respect your friends' boundaries?

• It is important to respect your friends' boundaries to maintain healthy and respectful relationships, and to show that you value their autonomy and individuality.

• So you can control and manipulate them

• To test their patience and see how much they can tolerate

• Because it's fun to push their limits

What are some red flags that indicate a friendship may be unhealthy?

• Feeling energized and happy after spending time with the friend

• Mutual respect and understanding

• Frequent compliments and encouragement

• Constant criticism, lack of support, one-sidedness, feeling drained or stressed after spending time with the friend.