Friendships

What is a Friendship? Preview the questions and see what you can answer on your own. Directions: After previewing the questions and notes log on to BCPSOne and read through the PowerPoint. Complete the notes and answer the guided questions. Make sure answers are detailed and specific. Discuss your findings with those around you.

Agree or Disagree? What are your thoughts?

Influences: Respond to the following. How do your friends influence your decisions? Who are the people you can rely on the most for help in making healthy decisions? Who relies on you for support and guidance? How do you influence the people around you? How does your behavior affect the people closest to you?

Notes: Friends and Acquaintances A friendship is a relationship with someone you know, trust, and regard with affection. An acquaintance is someone you see occasionally or know casually. Examples??? Friends teach us to communicate, work out problems, and compromise.

What are the benefits of friendships?

What do you look for in a friend?

What are the Traits of a Good Friend? Trust Honesty, sharing thoughts openly, support in tough times Caring listening and understanding, helps build on strengths, acceptance Respect Respecting differences, respecting values Loyalty  Staying together in the good times and the bad, forgive mistakes, sticking up for each other.

“Meeting in the middle” What is Compromise? “Meeting in the middle”

Compromise When both sides in a conflict agree to give up something in order to reach a solution that satisfies everyone. Describe compromise in your own words.

Empathy The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Examples???

Building Strong Friendships

Do you have Healthy Friendships?

Exit Discussion Question Log on to BCPSOne Go to the Discussions Tab and complete the following. What are the traits of a good friend, what do you look for in your friends? Explain how can you build or improve Friendships.