How to Deal If You Think Your Friends Are Being Mean to You
Prepare your thoughts about what you want to say.. Schedule a time to talk with your friends face-to-face.. Share your feelings.
Steps
Prepare your thoughts about what you want to say.
Prepare your thoughts about what you want to say.
Schedule a time to talk with your friends face-to-face.
Schedule a time to talk with your friends face-to-face.
Share your feelings.
Share your feelings.
Offer a suggestion for how your friends can correct mean behavior.
Offer a suggestion for how your friends can correct mean behavior.
Call out rude or mean behavior in the future.
Call out rude or mean behavior in the future.
Identify behaviors/remarks that make you uncomfortable.
Identify behaviors/remarks that make you uncomfortable.
Be clear with your friends if you don't like joking a certain way.
Be clear with your friends if you don't like joking a certain way.
Attend to your feelings when friends are being mean.
Attend to your feelings when friends are being mean.
Seek support from a parent, older sibling, or school counselor.
Seek support from a parent, older sibling, or school counselor.
Recognize that you have a right to feel safe and secure in your friendships.
Recognize that you have a right to feel safe and secure in your friendships.
Decide if you want to keep being friends with mean people.
Decide if you want to keep being friends with mean people.
Talk to someone about it that you trust.
Talk to someone about it that you trust.
End friendships that do not positively influence your life.
End friendships that do not positively influence your life.
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