Friendship timeline

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Friendships have a great influence on the individual we become based on the choices we make or the experience we have with each other in life. Some friends are made at very young ages such as toddlerhood because of parent connections and some friends form during the attendance of different activities in life such as: school, day care facility, camp, etc. However, based on my observation and experience, the dynamic of a friendship between a group or individuals change as time progress for different reasons of taking a different path in life, negative experiences related with the individual, and during growth a person personality and goals changes that contradict their friends.
The textbook says that children by the age of two develop social interaction skills like imitating other people’s accepted behavior, assist in problem solving, and participating in a role while playing with their peers (Siegler, DeLoache,Eisenberg, 508). The dynamic of preschool children have conflicts but the children think of ways to solve the situation or are passive that they continue to participate in pretend play that help develop social and academic skills needed in the future. Friendships influence starts to occur in early adolescence when reputation and hardships start to affect the behavior of a group or individual, maybe labeled as best friend, because the friendship changes from a person to play with to a supportive relationship. For example, I have a wonderful best friend since I was a toddler because our parents were friends and we remained friends a very long time playing with no drama and problems solve our conflicts but our friendship change in middle school. There was such a long period where I didn’t have any friends that when I had frien...

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... such as abusing alcohol and drugs and some are neglected especially when they need support during the hard transitions of their next step in life. From my experience sometimes leaving past friends behind is the best way for me to make positive changes that may have been damaged or never occurred because of their influence. Though my one best friend and I had our conflict because of our preschool experience of solving conflict were able to discuss our point of view and continue to be friends that gave positive support in our discussions in our lives. Despite the changes having friends is the most important influence of our lives and fortunately in every transition of life there is always a new person that may become our new friend.

Works Cited

Siegler, R. S., J. S. DeLoache, and N. Eisenberg. How Children Develop. 3rd ed. New York: Worth Publishers, 2010. Print.

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