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Chapter 8: Peer Relationships

Student Web Activities Lesson 1: Safe and Healthy Friendships

Introduction:
During your teen years, your friends become an increasingly important part of your life. In this lesson, you learned about how to form and strengthen different sorts of friendships. This Web site addresses why friendship is so crucial during your teen years.

Links to Explore:
Friendship Is Important to Teens
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/familyworks/teen-05.html

Directions:

  • Click on the link and read the essay.
  • Next, answer the following questions based on what you read:

1
Name three benefits of teen friendships, as specified in this Web site.
2
What tends to happen to teens without friends?
3
Name two ways cliques benefit teens.
4
What is a crowd?
5
What is one main difference between crowds and cliques?
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