Healthy Friendships:
Online Resources
VeryWell Family – How to Talk to Your Teen About Friendship
This article provides parents and caregivers with information about the usual dynamics of pre-teen and teen relationships, tips for talking to teens about a variety of friendship-related topics including combatting negative peer pressure, seeking healthy friendships, building closeness, and more.
Tags: TEENS, YOUTH, PARENTS, ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS, COMMUNICATION, ADVICE
Nemours Children’s Health
Nemours Children's Health is committed to transforming the health of children by going beyond medicine to improve the health of the world in which every child lives, and aims to give families the tools and confidence to make the best health choices. The website contains separate webpages for parents, kids, teens, and educators, offering specialized resources on a variety of topics including healthy friendships and relationships, nutrition and fitness, recipes, school and family life, etc.
Tags: YOUTH, TEENS, ADOLESCENTS, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, RESOURCES, FRIENDSHIPS, FITNESS, NUTRITION, FAMILY
National Gang Center
The National Gang Center (NGC) disseminates information, knowlesge, and outcome-driven practices that engage and empower those in local communities with chronic and emerging gang problems to create comprehensive solutions to prevent gang violence, reduce gang involvement, and suppress gang-related crime. This guide for parents was designed to provide parents with answers to common questions about gangs to enable them to recognize and prevent gang involvement.
Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, YOUTH, GANGS, TEENS, PREVENTION, RESOURCES, SUPPORT, WARNING SIGNS, COMMUNITY
Harbor House – PARENT'S GUIDE TO TALKING WITH CHILDREN ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
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This parent and caregiver resource created by Harbor House provides parents with a guide to talking about health relationships and how to empower your child in making good decisions.
Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, HEALTHY, RELATIONSHIPS, ONLINE, SELF ESTEEM , RESOURCES, CHILDREN
PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
PACER’s National Bulling Prevention Center actively leads social change to prevent childhood bullying, so that all youth are safe and supported in their schools, communities, and online. PACER provides innovative resources for students, parents, educators, and others, and recognizes bullying as a serious community issue that impacts education, physical and emotional health, and the safety and well-being of students.
Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, YOUTH, TEENS, SCHOOLS, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY, RESOURCES, STUDENTS, BULLYING, HEALTHY, FRIENDSHIPS
Childnet – Supporting your Child with SEND to Thrive Online Healthy Relationships
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This parent and caregiver resource created by Childnet provides parents with an overview of the qualities of healthy and unhealthy relationships and a list of things to do and say as it relates to their child’s online relationships
Tags: ADULTS, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, HEALTHY, RELATIONSHIPS, ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA, RESOURCES, WARNING SIGNS