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Social Drama, Part Three–When it All Falls Apart

As I have been writing this series on the challenges of growing children and the pressures of their “social life,” I have been focusing on things we can do as parents to help them build strong social skills and bolster them against some of the pain and drama. Regardless of how much of that we do, however, there is a very good chance that at least once in their growing up years, our children will suffer at the hands of bullies, mean social cliques, get ousted from a social group, or experience their own transformation and decide to choose different … Continue reading →

Social Drama, Part Two

Earlier today, I wrote an introduction to the concerns and realities of evolving social drama as it can affect our children. This is such a huge topic, I thought it made sense to break it up into a few parts—starting with how we can help our children maintain perspective and become “bolstered” for dealing with the realities of adolescent social drama. I think we can remind ourselves that there are many important life lessons that can be learned through all the social drama of childhood and adolescence. It does not have to be “all bad” or “all good.” I do … Continue reading →

Social Drama, Part One

If you mention “children’s social life” to any parent of a child over the age or 8 or 9, you will likely get rolled eyes and looks of exasperation. Sure, we want our kids to have healthy and active social lives—but all that social drama can become overwhelming for a parent. We never know what sort of tears or new best friends might be coming around the corner… As children enter adolescence, social relationships seem to take on a new dynamic. That is not to say that some of us do not have social butterflies from a much earlier age, … Continue reading →