The document discusses different types of friendships, including casual friendships, close friendships, platonic friendships, and one-sided friendships. It provides characteristics of good friends, such as reinforcing values, showing empathy, and accepting others. The document also lists positive characteristics of friendships, like listening and problem solving together, and negative characteristics to avoid, like being unsupportive, oppressive, or overly demanding.

1. Peer, Friends, and Dating

2. Journal

4.  Casual Friendships
 Share interests but not deep emotional bonds
 Close Friendships
 Strong emotional ties. Feel comfortable sharing thoughts,
feelings, and experiences.
 Platonic Friendships
 A friendship with a member of the opposite gender in which
there is affection but the two people are not considered a
couple.
 One-sided Friendships
 A friendship in which one person does most of the giving and
the other person does most of the receiving.

5. Building Strong Friendships
 Good Friends:
 Reinforce your values
 Motivate you
 Show empathy
 Treat you with fairness
 Share your interests
 Accept you for who you are
 Support you
 Loyalty

7. Top 10 Things You Oughta Know About Friends
10. Everyone appreciates a phone call or a card.
9. Don’t be intimidated by cheerleaders and jocks.
8. It’s okay to keep secrets between friends because everyone needs his
or her own privacy, but deception is definitely not allowed.
7. Have the courage to tell some friends that their paradigm which
says “to be evil is cool” is wrong.
6. Always remember your values and principles.
5. Provide support and encouragement to your friends.
4. Everyone is unique so there is no point not being yourself, and no
one should change that.
3. Friendships are not gotten in one or two days.
2. Sometimes arguing with friends is normal and necessary.
1. Association brings on assimilation. If you think your friends are
stupid and crude, get new friends unless you want to be stupid and
crude. (Story about Dad)

8. Positive Characteristics of Friendships
 Listening
 Understand feelings and moods
 Solve problems togeteher
 Sincere compliments
 Dependable
 Respectful
 Trustworthy

9. Negative Characteristics of Friendships
 Unsupportive
 Oppressive
 Unreliable
 Overly Demanding
 Take and give nothing back
 Gossip about everyone, including you
 Critizie in a joking manner