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Role of friends
In childhood parents are always there for children holding their hands, guiding them, makings their beds but in teenage, they are coming out of their childhood to adolescents. They are joining a new stage of life. They are forming social connections outside of their comfort zone
and preparing them for an adult life that awaits them.

As we know humans need social groups to survive. So it's natural for teenagers to move away a bit from their parents to make new friends and built new connections.

Friends play a very important role in a teenagers life. Having friends from different backgrounds helps teenagers to understand different values, ideas and identities. It also helps teenagers to form their own identities.

Teenagers learn important social skills from their friend group. They will learn how to become sensitive to others feelings opinions and they can put forth their thoughts effectively. They learn languages and develop many qualities from their peer group.

A friend group has a great effect on teenagers mental health. A good friend group or best friend can play the role of emotional anchor in stressful situations. They can play the role of mentor in confusion and a psychiatrist in depression.
Good friends can build confidence in nervous teens. Sometimes adults can't understand the emotions and sentiments of their children. Their parents may react in any situation but their peers may be more understanding because they are in the same age group and they may be dealing with the same situation or they may find a better solution.

Teenagers life will sound motionless without friends. Friends make life colourful. Making new friends means your teen is preparing for the future.

But finding a good friend is not an easy task. A good friend can transform the life of a teenager. But a bad friend can also spoil the life of your teen. If your teen is following a good friend group then he is safe and secure.
If your adolescent is attending a bad friend group then they might be in danger. So parents should always keep an eye on their teen's activities and peer groups to save them from toxic relationships. If a friend group of your teen is involved in negative activities. They may drag you, adolescents, into the same dilemma. If they are lazy in their studies your children might lose interest in studies. If they are shy and nervous your adolescents might lose confidence.


Parents can help their teens in choosing friends, although the ultimate decision remains with your teenagers. A teen who learns to have decent friendships now will continue this procedure into their adult life. If teenagers know what a good friendship looks like it can help them to avoid toxic friendship.

Nowadays there is a trend of opposite gender friendships or relationships. It is not bad until they are within limits. Friendship with the opposite gender during studies is beneficial but apart from that, it can turn harmful.
If your teenager is a girl teach them the side effects of the opposite gender friendship.
Teenagers might need support to recognise or end toxic relations.
If a teenager is in an intelligent, talented and descent friend group. He or she can learn many skills and acquire good qualities from them. But if a teenager is in a bad group like drug addicts, lazy students, gamblers they will develop the same habits and qualities.


Dhirubhai Ambani received his salary of Rs 250 and he went to a coffee shop. He spends all his salary. His friends said you are a foolish man. You wasted your money just for a cup of coffee. You didn't think about your family. You didn't buy anything for your kids. He replied I went to a coffee shop and spend my salary not on a cup of coffee but I went there to talk with people who daily visit this coffee shop. I wanna listen to them what they are talking about. I wanna be a part of their group. I am learning many things from them just in the amount of Rs.250.

It indicates that the people you talking with had a great impact on life.

when I was in teenage my friends were good in character but not good in studies.
Due to my friends, I never take studies seriously and I realised it after many years.
how it impacts my life. If I had selected friends wisely in my teenage I had a chance to achieve so many good things in life.

Always choose your friends wisely during your teenage. Friendship in teenage is a mirror it will reflect in future.
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