• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Home Jobs by MOM

Home Jobs by MOM

Insights. Ideas. Improvements.

  • Lifestyle Insights
  • Business Ideas
    • Online Tools for Bloggers
  • Improving Family Life
  • Contact

Teaching Children Meaningful Life Skills: Becoming a Good Friend

You are here: Home / Family / Teaching Children Meaningful Life Skills: Becoming a Good Friend

THIS WEBSITE USES AFFILIATE LINKS WHICH MEANS WE RECEIVE COMPENSATION IF YOU PURCHASE A PRODUCT THROUGH THEM. VISIT OUR DISCLOSURE PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

July 25, 2016 by Tracey
Pin1
Tweet
Share197
198 Shares

 

Teaching Children Meaningful Life Skills Becoming a Good Friend

Before becoming a good friend, kids need to have all the skills necessary to attain a meaningful relationship. Working on their character, and finding value within them, kids will be able to find and surround themselves with equally caring, and loving friends. Kids will learn that with friendship, you can always have someone to talk to, who makes you laugh, feel good about yourself, and make each day an adventure. But, in teaching kids to become good friends, parents are ultimately teaching their kids meaningful life skills that will help them become better people, and improve their quality of life.

Promote Friendship

Teaching Children Meaningful Life Skills Becoming a Good Friend in water

Kids admire parents, and look to them for guidance, so explain the important role friendship has in your life, to encourage your children to make friends of their own. Inspire kids to associate friendship with positive feelings, by creating an environment that values friendship. Let them meet your friends, allowing them to see first-hand what to expect of friendship. Once kids demonstrate the desire to have friends, create events that will help them. From a young age, organize play dates, or take them to public playgrounds. Kids are naturally curious and open, so their thirst for discovery will inspire them to initiate interaction. While you will have a chance to monitor their development, address behavioral problems, and expose them to the right social values.

Raising Politeness

Becoming a Good Friend

To teach kids to maintain meaningful friendships, and become good friends, they need to exhibit the right social values people care about. Learning to be polite, and well-mannered around others will make them become socially accepted and more likable. Being polite displays respect, and reveals how being good to others, relies on you being good to them. Exposing kids to grandparents can be a great way to learn how to respect elders. Their wealth of knowledge can also teach those polite ways of navigating different social circumstances, which they can later use during interactions with friends and peers.

Quality Communication Skills

For the most part, friendships revolve around good communication. How well children can express, and acknowledge thoughts and emotions determines how well they get along with others. Learning to listen and take turns during conversations, means they take an interest, and stay open-minded to what the other has to say. Children also need to support their friends, and use assertive communication when dealing with conflicts, instead of cruelty and violence. Together with truthfulness, this creates trust, as the foundation for a meaningful relationship. Once they achieve this, they will have a person to confide to, who makes them feel good about themselves.

Learning to be Considerate Helps Make Friends

Becoming a Good Friend with empathy

Promoting empathy in kids will help them connect emotionally to people, and be more considerate of their feelings. They will learn to control their own emotions and help them relate to their friends. As empathy raises social awareness, kids will become more sympathetic, and learn to provide comfort. If your child shows signs of bad or abusive behavior, use positive reinforcement, and ask them how they would feel in that situation. By making them think about how their actions might affect others, they will be governed by their own conscience, and become tolerant and helpful people.

Quality Social Exposure throughout Each Day

Because today’s working parents lack the time to rely on their kids’ positive social exposure throughout the day, it may be a good idea to enroll them in professional child care centers. Taking a step back may be hard, but there is no better way to learn social skills than through experience. Structured educational programs of early learning centers, also provide a way kids can develop their skills during the entire day. While fun activities they can enjoy will allow them to pick up on like-minded kids, and make friends in no time.

Sharing Means Caring

Becoming a good friend also means knowing how to share. Be it toys, or candy, teach kids from an early age how to initiate sharing. Being able to share, they will later know to share adventures and experience the fun side of sharing. It will also teach them about cooperation, and when to ask a friend for help. Also, they will become generous, and reliable people, who are always there to provide help to their friends. Because after all, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

At the end of the day, it all comes down to how well your kids value their own character that will help them find value in others. Together with the right set of social skills, you will teach them how to make friends, and steer them onto the road of social acceptance. In reaching their full potential, they will achieve meaningful relationships, become better people, and good friends for life.

What's your best tip for making a new friend?

Related Posts:

  • Why Getting a Pet for Your Kids is a Great Idea
    Why Getting a Pet for Your Kids is a Great Idea
  • Teaching Kids About Opening a Checking Account and Saving Money
    Teaching Kids About Opening a Checking Account and Saving…
  • promote creativity in kids, promote creativity, teaching creativity, teaching creativity to kids, teaching creativity children
    3 Super Easy Ways To Promote Creativity In Children
  • 6-Easy-Steps-for-Getting-Your-Kids-to-Eat
    6 Easy Steps for Getting Your Kids to Eat
  • Life Lessons Every Child Shoud Learn
    Life Lessons Every Child Shoud Learn
  • The Best Career Options for People Who Love Working with Kids
    The Best Career Options for People Who Love Working with…
  • 7 Tips for Families Moving to a New Place During the Holidays
    7 Tips for Families Moving to a New Place During the…
  • 10 Ways Parents Go Wrong
    10 Ways Parents Go Wrong
Pin1
Tweet
Share197
198 Shares
Category: FamilyTag: children, friend

About Tracey

Tracey Clayton is a full time mom of three girls. She loves cooking, baking, sewing, spending quality time with her daughters and she’s passionate in writing. She is contributor on High Style Life and her motto is: “Live the life you love, love the life you live.”

Previous Post:Homemade Watermelon Fruit Roll-Ups recipeHomemade Watermelon Fruit Roll-Ups
Next Post:4 Ways to Clean Your Drains Naturally4 Ways to Clean Your Drains Naturally

Sidebar

Welcome!

Get a look into a mom’s inkling into this crazy thing called life.

Read More

Recent Posts

  • Blogger Opp: ULTIMATE Busy Baby Bundle Giveaway #BloggersWanted
  • @PeachSkinSheets ‘Getting Cozy For Fall’ Giveaway (Ends 10/31)
  • ULTIMATE #BusyBaby Bundle Giveaway (Ends 10/31)
  • Incredible Savings and Benefits from Installing Solar Panels on Your Rental Property
  • When Bad Weather Strikes: Ensuring Your Aerial Installation Stands Strong
  • A Family Guide to Organizing and Packing: Tips for a Successful Move
  • Buying a Home in a Seller’s Market: Strategies for Success
  • Fun and Effective Ways to Keep Your Little Ones Safe from Germs on Adventures
  • Blogger Opp: Keika Naturals Skincare Giveaway #BloggersWanted
  • Keika Naturals Skincare Giveaway (Ends 10/15)

@PeachSkinSheets ‘Getting Cozy For Fall’ Giveaway (Ends 10/31)

ULTIMATE #BusyBaby Bundle Giveaway (Ends 10/31)

Keika Naturals Skincare Giveaway (Ends 10/15)

@MomentAtHome Candles Fall Giveaway (Ends 10/27) @DeliciouslySavv

PAW PATROL ‘All Paws On Deck’ DVD Giveaway (Ends 10/3) @PinkNinjaBlogg @DeliciouslySavv @ParamountMovies @Nickelodeon

$150 Amazon eGift Card or PayPal Cash Giveaway (Ends 10/15) #FallGiveaway @Versatileer

Monster High The Movie DVD Giveaway (Ends 9/22) @PinkNinjaBlogg @DeliciouslySavv @ParamountPictures

@ElseNutrition Kids Shake Mix Giveaway (Ends 9/30)

Enter More Giveaways!

Free Download

“Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.”

Productivity-Planner-Preview
Download the FREE Colorable Productivity Planner to get your life more organized. Sign up as a newsletter insider today!
Be a Better You!

  • Blogger Opp: ULTIMATE Busy Baby Bundle Giveaway #BloggersWanted
  • @PeachSkinSheets ‘Getting Cozy For Fall’ Giveaway (Ends 10/31)
  • ULTIMATE #BusyBaby Bundle Giveaway (Ends 10/31)
  • Incredible Savings and Benefits from Installing Solar Panels on Your Rental Property
  • When Bad Weather Strikes: Ensuring Your Aerial Installation Stands Strong
  • About Home Jobs By Mom
  • Terms & Privacy
  • Contact
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Copyright © 2023 · Home Jobs by MOM · All Rights Reserved

This website uses affiliate links which means we receive compensation if you purchase a product through them. Visit our disclosure page for more information.

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Do not sell my personal information.
SettingsAccept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT