Kid Conflicts: How Parents Can Help
Support your child—without fixing every conflict.
Lesson 1: The Ups and Downs of Friendship
Lesson 2: What Kids Need to Hear
Lesson 3: Is it Bullying or Ordinary Meanness?
Lesson 4: Handling Meanness
Q1: Karate Isn’t the Answer
Q2: When Mean Words Stick
Lesson 5: When Your Child Annoys Others
Lesson 6: Emergency Strategies & When to Step In
Lesson 7: How to Apologize (and Mean It)
Q3: When Friends Have Challenging Behaviors
Q4: The ‘My Way or No Way’ Kid
Q5: Helping a Child Join Conversations
Lesson 8: Friendship or Frenemy?
Lesson 9: Arguing Less, Saying More
Lesson 10: When Friends Are Hot and Cold
Lesson 11: Fitting In vs. Belonging
Q6: What to Do When a Friend Acts Different Around Others
Q7: Peer Pressure & Rule-Breaking
Lesson 12: Helping Kids Build Lasting Friendships
Q8: How Involved Should Parents Be?
Q9: When a Best Friend Wants to Be the Only Friend
Q10: When Kids Avoid Friends to Impress Others