What to do if your daughter has “bad friends”
If your daughter has “bad friends” she will need to learn to deal with them in a positive way and increase her self-confidence.
When your daughter tells you she has “bad friends,” now is the time to talk to her about toxic friendships and the importance of maintaining healthy friendships for good emotional health. Fake friendships or manipulation in relationships are just a few things girls have to go through. This will leave a teenage girl emotionally hurt, bewildered, and even upset.
One day, a girl may seem like your daughter’s best crumb and the next day have toxic behavior like ignoring her. Your job as a father or mother is to help him see that this “friend” is not really a friend, but rather that what she wants is to control him.
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WHY DO BAD FRIENDS EXIST
There are reasons why some girls become bad friends, for example they may want to climb socially or are subject to peer pressure. These types of “friends” insult, spread rumors, do psychological damage, create cyberbullying, harass, use hurtful tactics, and so on.
If your daughter has a group of bad friends, or if she is being bullied because of a group of girls, it will be painful for her, but she can overcome it … Although right now it can be a big problem. In case your daughter is in a situation where there are bad girls around her, then you should keep the following in mind.
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM
Probably the most important way you can help your daughter is to empathize with her situation. Remind her that no one deserves to be treated the same way they are being treated. Bad friends often make others feel inferior …
Reinforcing all the positive things you have to offer the world can help you feel better, because it is reality! Make sure your daughter knows that she is not the problem, that bad friends are the cause of what is happening. She should focus on her strengths and you can help her achieve this.
SMILE AND STAY STRONG
Bad friends often have a natural ability to discern who they can control and manipulate. Therefore, encourage your daughter to smile and remain confident. She should avoid looking nervous, insecure, or defeated. Work with your daughter to be resilient and build good self-esteem .
Bad girls are less likely to repeat their tactics if your daughter can maintain confidence and control over what happens to her. Teach him good posture, a strong speaking voice, and eye contact. These characteristics often put off bad girls. Many times, they just want an easy target.
SECURITY AND ASSERTIVENESS
Girls need to learn to defend themselves, especially against girls who do not behave well with them. The best way to do this is to learn to be assertive. The goal is for your daughter to learn to defend herself in a respectful way without being aggressive or malicious, that is, without lowering herself to the level of bad friends.
She must find a way to communicate that this girl’s harassment and malicious tactics are wrong and will not be tolerated. Remind your daughter that those mean girls are counting on her to be passive about her behavior. She should show them that they miscalculated when they attacked her … Because she knows how to defend herself and not her malicious techniques don’t hurt her.
CONTROL IN RESPONSE
Remind your daughter that while she has no control over what other people say or do, she does have control over their response. Emphasize that no matter what a bad friend says or does, you should try to keep responses free of emotions .
Tell your daughter, “If you can’t respond calmly when talking to someone else, you should ignore the comments and walk away.” Then, encourage your daughter to talk to you or another adult from confusion to how to deal with future attacks. The goal is to prepare you for future attacks from bad friends … and successfully get them out of your life!
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.