Friends: Making Them & Keeping Them (American Girl® Wellbeing)

Fantastic book

I like this book because it tells you how to make friends 😊🌈

This is a fantastic book. I bought it for my 7 yr old, who currently doesn't really have many friendship troubles - as a way to help her prepare. We have been reading a section or two each night together and she absolutely loves it. She thanks and hugs and kisses me each time, with a deep appreciation for thinking of helping her learn about this stuff. Apparently, although she doesn't have many friendship problems, she has indeed seen some of these issues and wondered how to handle them better. This addresses how to be a great friend and how to solve problems thoughtfully and assertively. It also sets up realistic expectations (e.g., not one fired can fill all your needs - there are different friends for different needs; you will get into arguments with friends and that's okay and there are ways you can resolve them, etc.). I really wish they made the same exact book for boys. My 10 yr old son could really benefit from reading the same exact thing but because it's so clearly geared toward girls, I know he won't, which is a really shame. Boys struggle with the same friendship issues and questions.

My 10 year old daughter had trouble last year with making friends and being very shy. Since buying her the book, she's read it from cover to cover and has even gone back to specific topics in the book. It's great because it allows her to think about things on her own terms and gives her a starting point for conversations with others. I'm happy to say that she's come a long way in making friends and coming out of her shell. I have no doubt that the book helped.

I purchased this item for my daughter, who at the time was 7 years old. She was having a little bit of a bullying problem at school at the time. We have read it together several times. It gives lots of great tips on how to be and make friends. Conversation starters if you the new girl at school (which at the time my daughter was). It also gives lots of examples of what not to do, like being too clingy or bragging. There are lots of great real world examples the girls can follow. And all of this in the great format that American Girl does so well. Young girls can really relate to this material and use it in real live. I am glad to say that my daughter was able to use the communication skills in this book, stand up for herself and even make a friend out of someone that was giving her a hard time. Win/Win all the way around.

I’ve been reading several of these books to my daughter in the hopes of helping her reach a higher emotional intelligence and survive the drama of tweenagehood. These books are beautifully written with amazing tools and psychology behind them. I have recommended them to every mother I know. I would have loved to have had these growing up. They have done an amazing job of simplifying personal developmental concepts that most kids don’t have access to until much later in life usually. I love the idea of investing in my daughters soft skills and helping her exceed on life through more then just what they teach you in school.

My middle schooler was struggling with her friendships and this book helped her see what makes a good friend and how she could be a good friend.

Friends: Making Them and Keeping(American Girl)This book gives simple yet good definitions of the word friends, and it has some pretty colorful pictures to go along with them. It shares examples of acceptable acts of friends and "trouble starters" that will put friendships on a not-so-good-path.I work with girls and it is clear that many have unrealistic ideas of what a friends is. Maybe this is one of the reasons girls find themselves in unhealthy relationships when they get older. Starting girls while they are young by providing them with healthy positive views of friends is great way to establish a solid foundation for good relationships in general.Bonuses of this book include the cute little posters with helpful captions of friends together AND a few pages of great activities and crafts for friends to enjoy. If you are looking for ideas that keep girls busy and happy during birthday and pajama parties, this is your book!