How to Make & Keep Friends: Tips for Teens on Life and Social Success

by Donna Shea, Nadine Briggs

Overview

Being a teenager isn’t always easy, and navigating friendships and relationships can be particularly challenging for some teens. 

Our goal in writing this third book in our friendship series was to help make the social journey through the teenage years an easier one. This time in life can feel both exciting and difficult. There are some challenges that every teen experiences.  These include:

•    Changing Brains
•    Changing Bodies 
•    Strong Emotions
•    Understanding Yourself
•    Developing a Value System
•    Awkwardness
•    Changing Friendships
•    Barriers to Social Success

We know from our experience as social coaches that everyone is “friend-able.” Sometimes a teen need a little support or advice to make that happen. We had real teens help us with writing the tips in this book. This book builds on the tips that we talked about in our Amazon best-selling book for younger kids, How to Make & Keep Friends: Tips for Kids to Overcome 50 Common Social Challenges. For tweens or younger teens, the end of our first book and the beginning of this one will be the right developmental combination of tips. 

The book is meant to be used as a reference guide. We did not intend for it to be read cover to cover. Teens can easily flip to the section they want to know more about and read only the parts that will be interesting and helpful them as an individual or for a specific situation. There is a total of 500 immediately actionable tips for teens to use. We have sections that cover:

•    Personal Hygiene
•    Building Self-Confidence
•    Managing Strong Feelings
•    Being Excluded, Ignored or Rejected
•    Considering Another’s Point of View
•    Conflicts and Disagreements
•    Online Presence and Gaming
•    Interviews and Appointments
•    Accepting Criticism
•    Dating and Sexuality
•    And much, much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997280845
Publisher:	How to Make & Keep Friends, LLC
Publication date:	06/13/2017
Series:	How to Make & Keep Friends , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	170
File size:	395 KB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Donna Shea and Nadine Briggs are both accomplished social educators. They each facilitate friendship groups at their respective centers in Massachusetts. Donna's center is The Peter Pan Center for Social and Emotional Growth located in Boxborough and Nadine owns Simply Social Kids in Tyngsborough. Both Donna and Nadine are parents of children with special needs. Donna and Nadine consult to schools, parent groups, and human service agencies. They are also seasoned public speakers and travel to bring workshops and seminars to schools, conferences, and other venues across the country. Nadine and Donna are certified in bullying prevention through the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center and are creators of the How to Make&Keep Friends Social Success in School Initiative to provide classroom training and team building for school systems. Donna and Nadine would love to hear your feedback on their books, speak with you about providing programming in your area, or keep in touch with you about new books and materials. Find them on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Email them at [e-mail] or Visit them online at www.howtomakeandkeepfriends.com and sign up to receive updates and their weekly blog posts.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Section 1: Self

1. Personal Hygiene
2. Sleeping and Eating Habits
3. Personal Power
4. Optimism
5. Standing Your Ground
6. Building Self-Confidence
7. Defend and Deflect
8. Mistakes and Apologies
9. Filtering Your Words
10. Uniqueness
11. Fitting In
12. Managing Strong Feelings
13. A Lack of Motivation

Section 2: Others

1. The Ice Cream Social
2. Real Friends Checklist
3. Changing Friendships and Flip Flop Friends
4. Finding Friends
5. Adjusting to Social Feedback
6. When Others Annoy You
7. Crushes and Flirting
8. Dating and Sexuality
9. Being Excluded, Ignored, or Rejected
10. Considering Another Point of View
11. Conversation Skills
12. Social Drama
13. Bullying and Meanness
14. Conflicts and Disagreements
15. Teens’ Rights versus Parents’ Rights
16. Siblings
17. Authority Figures
18. Peer Pressure
19. Attending Funerals and Mourning

Section 3: Online and Social Media

1. The Almighty Internet
2. Privacy and Personal Information
3. Friending and Netiquette
4. Online Presence
5. Gaming
6. Sharing Too Much and Annoying Others
7. Offline Meeting and Online Predators
8. Cyberbullying

Section 4: The Bigger World of College, Work, and Adulthood

1. Introductions
2. Interviews
3. Babysitting
4. Appointments
5. Driving
6. Doorways, Hallways, and Elevators
7. Accepting Criticism
8. Telephone Etiquette
9. Professional Conduct and Work Ethic
10. Fear of Adulthood

Afterword