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Today, we're going to be talking about how to help our tweens and teens who are struggling with friendships, and this is really painful as a mom. 

If you have a kid who is lonely and is struggling with girl drama, it might look a little bit different if you have a boy, but they have their version of that. If they're spending a lot of time isolated and alone in their room, they're not connecting outside of social media. Maybe they've even been bullied or excluded from friend groups, and they can see that on social media, and then it can be so complicated when they have social media and all that goes with that. When it comes to friendships, it can just complicate things, and they can compare themselves. It can be really rough, and it can be difficult to know what to say and what to do that's going to help. 

And I hear from so many of you emailing me that you're saying, "Gosh, my kid is getting left out. They're lonely. They're spending all their time gaming, or they're coming home and crying every day because their best friend won't let them sit at the lunch table."

 It takes on many different forms, and my special guest today is Sheri Gazitt, the CEO and founder of Teen Wise. It is an organization that empowers teen girls to conquer girl drama and establish healthy friendships. And she does private coaching. They have online courses, presentations, and professional trainings. She has been on the podcast before, and she has so much wisdom and insight and a really beautiful way of taking it all and making it really simple and easy to understand. And in this episode, she talks to us about what we can do to help our kids. 

So let's dive in!

What you will learn: 

• The significant impact of friendships on our tweens' and teens’ lives, specifically how social struggles can lead to clinical depression and anxiety.
• The visible change in teens' body language and spark when they see a path forward in their social lives.
• Research on how patterns of popularity and bullying in middle and high school can persist into adulthood.
• Impact of the pandemic on teen friendships and their social skills. 
• The "football effect," where disagreements lead to team formation, exacerbates the situation.
• Common mistakes parents make when supporting their children through social conflicts.
• Building confidence and addressing inner critic.

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