The Necessity of Friendship

We sometimes associate friendship with children or our childhood, but good friendships in our adult lives are also important.For children friendship is a very essential part of their lives. In their growth to the teen ages and then young adult, the friends they have will play significant roles in this process. Their behavior, for one thing, will be shaped by their peers or friends influence. As such, all parents and guardians, without any exceptions, will want to ensure that their kids have good positive friends that will enhance their development.

Hence, there are some essential characteristics to know and which constitutes a good friendship or just a bad influence.

From our own experience, we can sometimes identify when some kids are bad influence on our children. But they are some specific features to take note of and remember within this context:

Those who can be considered "unacceptable" influence on our kids often demonstrate the following:

They will, arrogantly at times, seek to abuse and use our children.

They will impress upon innocent children, poor choices and will often promote wrong examples.

Bad influence children are prone to poor values in life, such as smoking, illicit drugs use, and early sexual intercourse, among others.

Power and control are other poor features of a bad friendship by someone who is your child friend. Within this context, jealously is another matter to take note of as it can be dangerous and controlling.

There good criticisms and constructive criticisms, but being too critical can be harmful to kids when they come from another child or from children as peers.

Lies are dangerous especially when kids hang-out with the wrong children who may commit crimes or wrongs against another, then blame (lie) about it causing harm to the innocent friend.

There is also the matter of being proud. Children from different economic, cultural and social backgrounds will often have this problem - the rich proud friend, for example, may demonstrate the kind of pride that is not helpful to the friend from an incompatible background.