Friendship Skills...
Children can benefit from building strong friendship skills. Sherryll Kraizer lists nine friendship skills in her book, 10 Days to a Bully-Proof Child. We teach these skills at Anderson and encourage parents to reinforce and model the skills at home.
1. Learn How to Join a Group
2. Keep Your Agreements
3. Be An Active Listener
4. Don't Say Everything You Think
5. Don't Participate in Gossip and Rumors
6. Don't Pit Your Friends against One Another
7. Share Power and Control
8. Presume Good Intentions
9. Let Go of Past Hurts
Kraizer, Sherryll. 10 Days to a Bully-Proof Child. New York: Marlowe & Company, 2007. Print.
1. Learn How to Join a Group
2. Keep Your Agreements
3. Be An Active Listener
4. Don't Say Everything You Think
5. Don't Participate in Gossip and Rumors
6. Don't Pit Your Friends against One Another
7. Share Power and Control
8. Presume Good Intentions
9. Let Go of Past Hurts
Kraizer, Sherryll. 10 Days to a Bully-Proof Child. New York: Marlowe & Company, 2007. Print.