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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2901" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/36_questions_that_can_help_kids_make_friends" target="_blank"><strong>36 Questions That Can Help Kids Make Friends - Greater Good</strong></a></p><p></p><p>A question-and-answer exercise may help middle schoolers build friendships, including with kids of different ethnicities.</p><p></p><p>The young teen years are a ripe time for forming friendships. It’s an age when kids are particularly focused on peer relationships and social status, developing their sense of identity and social skills.</p><p></p><p>Having friendships (or even just feeling a <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-25955-003" target="_blank">sense of belonging</a>) at school has many benefits. Kids who have friends may <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236712412_Peer_Acceptance_and_Friendship_as_Predictors_of_Early_Adolescents%27_Adjustment_Across_the_Middle_School_Transition" target="_blank">adjust to school better</a> and <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-22002-003" target="_blank">be somewhat protected</a> from peer victimization. Those who make friends in early adolescence <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1132076" target="_blank">tend to have</a> better health and well-being in adulthood, making it critical to a child’s development.</p><p></p><p>But, while research on teen friendships has confirmed their importance, very few studies have looked into how to foster friendship at these early ages. Even fewer studies have considered how to encourage friendships across ethnic difference—which is of growing importance in an increasingly diverse society.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2901, member: 1"] [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/36_questions_that_can_help_kids_make_friends'][B]36 Questions That Can Help Kids Make Friends - Greater Good[/B][/URL] A question-and-answer exercise may help middle schoolers build friendships, including with kids of different ethnicities. The young teen years are a ripe time for forming friendships. It’s an age when kids are particularly focused on peer relationships and social status, developing their sense of identity and social skills. Having friendships (or even just feeling a [URL='https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-25955-003']sense of belonging[/URL]) at school has many benefits. Kids who have friends may [URL='https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236712412_Peer_Acceptance_and_Friendship_as_Predictors_of_Early_Adolescents%27_Adjustment_Across_the_Middle_School_Transition']adjust to school better[/URL] and [URL='https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-22002-003']be somewhat protected[/URL] from peer victimization. Those who make friends in early adolescence [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/1132076']tend to have[/URL] better health and well-being in adulthood, making it critical to a child’s development. But, while research on teen friendships has confirmed their importance, very few studies have looked into how to foster friendship at these early ages. Even fewer studies have considered how to encourage friendships across ethnic difference—which is of growing importance in an increasingly diverse society. [/QUOTE]
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