How Do You Discourage A Toxic Friendship Between Children?
We all want our children to make friends and be social and happy. But when they are involved in a friendship that isn’t healthy, a parent or concerned adult is faced with the difficult task of discouraging the relationship and trying to get the child to see that the friendship is not a good idea. Here are some suggestions for discouraging a toxic friendship between children. Find out the positive side. While you see negative aspects of the friendship that you think are unhealthy, there are obviously things about the friend that your child likes. Talk to your child and find out what these qualities are. It may be that your child already knows that the negative aspects of the friendship aren’t the best qualities, but there are additional elements that your child feels the need to associate with or emulate. Be honest. Children have an uncanny ability to detect dishonesty so making up an excuse as to why your child can’t have a friendship with the other child any longer will probably not w
