Friendships change over time
Understand that friendships change over time — that it's normal for friends to drift apart or for new friendships to form — and develop strategies for making new friends and handling friendship changes without feeling like something is wrong with them
Lesson
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“Friendships change over time means accepting that friendships can drift or grow, and practising ways to make new friends kindly. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Then/now friendship timeline paper
- Strategy cards: say hello, shared interest, ask to play
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Friends can drift and new friends can form. I can say hello about a shared interest. Change is normal.
Optional challenge. For Friendships change over time, role-play asking to join a game politely.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: normal-change idea; one strategy; support used. This session samples friendship change, not mastery of social networks.
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Friendships change over time means accepting that friendships can drift or grow, and practising ways to make new friends kindly. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes naming a friendship change as normal, practising one make-friend strategy, then checking a fresh reassurance sentence.
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Normalise friendship change and pick kind ways to connect.
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Peer Pressure
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Peer Pressure supports Friendships change over time. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Explain that friendships changing is normal and doesn't mean something is wrong
- Describe a strategy for making new friends, such as joining a club or inviting someone to play
- Talk about a friendship that changed and how they handled it
“If your child's best friend starts spending more time with someone else, can they handle it without falling apart — understanding that friendships shift and they can make new friends too?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Friendship & Cooperation
- Age range
- Ages 7–10
Standards