Friends (Revised): Making Them & Keeping Them (American Girl(r) Wellbeing)

This has been a wonderful aid to help discuss making friends with my reserved 8 year old daughter. She has genuinely loved reading it and brings it over to discuss with me. We sit down and revisit chapters she has read and it has brought us together as well. It's been weight off my shoulders having real practical tips to helping my lovely girl mix more and break through those self-conscious barriers. It delightfully and gently approaches friendship issues in a non-patronising way. A REAL help. I wish we had discovered it earlier - I would think it would be useful for mature 6year olds right through to children revisiting it in the first year of secondary school. While it is more geared to girls, my 6 year old son enjoys reading it with us too and discussing some of the issues it raises.

Brilliant book. My daughter really enjoyed reading this good and has given her lots of ideas about making friends. She has also stuck some of the pages on her walls.

Bought for my daughter starting secondary school after the summer. She is on the autistic spectrum and anxieties are running higher than usual the closer August is coming and she finds it super hard and tricky socially to make and keep friends who she understands. Still 'working' through the book as reading is on her terms!!

This is a good book. My daughter and I are reading it together, a few pages at a time and then discussing. She is 6 and a bit young for some of the descriptions and issues and I skip or alter those. It meant for a bit older and I knew that. It still gives us a great way to bring up issues, concerns and thoughts we both have. I plan to read it with her again at age 8 or 9. It also has nice art work, examples and topics are broken into manageable bits.

My daughter was having trouble with low level bullying at school and this helped her realise that she didn't need one certain friend but lots of different ones that can offer different things to her. She even lent it to another friend who also was having trouble with girls at school.

Love this book and LOVE American Girl for producing such great books to uplift and encourage our girls as they grow up!

We have booked a couple of these books, my daughter loves them, they gave some helpful tips through friendship issues and questions

my daughter is 8 and going through a few things at school,shes a big reader,it gives you good tips etc x

Abbastanza utile, buona la grafica e i temi proposti

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.

This book really helped my daughter through some tough times with friends as she was navigating learning who she was while friends were learning who they were. Realizing that not, everyone who comes into our life has to stay this book was perfect age-appropriate at age 9.

Great book to read with your daughter to help her building strong and nice friendship relations

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.