Friendship Skills

What does empathy mean?

• Empathy means being indifferent to others' emotions.

• Empathy means feeling superior to others.

• Empathy means ignoring the feelings of others.

• Empathy means understanding and sharing the feelings of others.

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How can you show kindness to your friends?

• Ignore, criticize, avoid

• Listen, support, spend time, offer help

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Why is it important to listen to your friends?

• To gain different perspectives, support, advice, and make better decisions.

• To make decisions without considering their input

• To create distance and conflict

• To ignore their feelings and opinions

What is a good way to resolve a disagreement with a friend?

• Communicate openly, listen to each other's perspectives, and work together to find a compromise or solution.

• End the friendship immediately

• Argue and try to prove your point without listening

• Ignore the disagreement and avoid talking about it

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How can you make a new friend?

• Avoid social situations

• Ignore everyone

• Be open, approachable, show genuine interest, engage in activities, join clubs, be a good listener.

• Pretend to be someone you're not

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Why is it important to share with your friends?

• Sharing with friends is a waste of time

• Sharing with friends fosters trust, strengthens relationships, and creates a sense of community.

• Sharing with friends can ruin relationships

• Sharing with friends leads to jealousy and competition

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What does it mean to be supportive of your friends?

• Making fun of their struggles

• Being critical and judgmental

• Ignoring their problems and feelings

• Being there for them in times of need, offering encouragement, listening without judgment, and showing empathy and understanding.

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How can you cheer up a friend who is feeling sad?

• Tell them to just get over it

• Make fun of their feelings

• Be there for them, listen, offer support, spend time together, engage in activities they enjoy, send a thoughtful message or gift.

• Ignore them and avoid contact

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Why is it important to trust your friends?

• Trusting your friends fosters strong and healthy relationships.

• Trusting your friends weakens your social connections.

• Trusting your friends leads to conflicts and misunderstandings.

• Trusting your friends is unnecessary and can be harmful.

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What can you do to make your friendship stronger?

• Ignore each other's feelings

• Avoid spending time together

• Communicate openly and honestly, show empathy and support, spend quality time together, and resolve conflicts peacefully.

• Argue constantly without resolution

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