| No. |
Good Friends |
Bad Friends |
| 1 |
Appreciate and like you for who you are |
Put you down to build themselves up |
| 2 |
Accept that you get to choose your own friends |
Tell you who you can be friends with |
| 3 |
Make you feel welcome in their group or activity |
Won't let you join their group or activity |
| 4 |
Have good things to say about you to their friends |
Gossip, spread rumors or send hurtful email and text messages about you |
| 5 |
Use humor in a harmless way |
Hide behind the words "just kidding" or "no offense, but..." when saying something really hurtful |
| 6 |
Make you feel accepted and safe |
Make you feel unaccepted and unsafe |
| 7 |
Work things out with you when you have problems |
Refuse to admit when they did something wrong and they keep doing it! |
| 8 |
Are friends you can count on, every day |
Are nice one day and mean the next |
| 9 |
Really want to hang out with you |
Only play with you until "someone better" comes along |
