Decision 2: Friends

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Decision 2 Friends
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Decision 2 Friends So FunSo Fickle

• This chapter is divided into 3 sections
• Surviving the Everyday Ups Downs of Friendships
• Making and Being a Friend
• Peer Pressure

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Top 10 Things You Oughta Know About Friends
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You can choose friends that build you up or
you can choose friends that bring you down.
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• The friend decision isnt a single decision it
  is a series of decisions made again and again
  over many years.

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• Sooner or later, friends show their true colors.

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Part 1 Friendship Survival Tips

• Choose friends who like you for who you are, not
  fickle ones who like you for what you have.

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• Make as many friends as you can, but never center
  your life on them.

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• Stop trying to be popular. Just be yourself, be
  nice to everyone, and good things will follow.

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• If youre tired of playing the Queen Bee and
  Wannabe game, be a Gamma Girl.
• Gamma Girl kids who may not be known as the
  most popular, but theyre definitely not losers.
  Quite the opposite. Theyre girls who are
  comfortable in their own skins. Not mean.

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• Be quick to forgive friend all their little
  faults, just as you hope theyll forgive you
  yours.

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• If people are gossiping about you or youre being
  bullied, confront the bully or find a way to live
  above it.

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• When it comes to friendship, stop competing or
  comparing and start thinking Win-Win.

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• Remember, you and your friends may change and
  pursue different interests and thats okay.

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Part 2 - Making Being a Friend

• Making and Being a Friend
• Be slow to judge.

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• You make the effort

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• Build the relationship bank account

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• Make yourself more likable

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• Be inclusive allow new people to enter your
  circle

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• Treat unkindness with kindness

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• Lift others help others

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A true friend.
Isn't Overbearing.
Has the same standards you have.
Is someone who doesn't put you down or make you
feel stupid.
Knows you don't have just one friend.
Knows when to listen and when to talk.
Will stick up for others.
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 Part 3 - How To Handle Peer Pressure

• Preparation We give into peer pressure because
  we are not prepared for it.

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• Have a strong support system Surround yourself
  with people who encourage you to be your best.

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• Courage in the Moment Have strength when it is
  time to say no

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• Be a Friend Anyway Choose the high road, dont
  give up on friends. Keep trying, but make good
  choices.