Whether you’re on a road trip, running errands, or hanging out at home, the odds are that you commonly listen to music. Music is an essential part of our culture that gives color to our experiences, and are tied to lasting memories. With music playing such an integral role in our lives and culture, it’s very important that we have a lens through which we choose our music.

If I know it’s time to find a new group of friends, how do I do that carefully, and wisely?

While making friends can be difficult, there is the longer road ahead of maintaining the friendships you’ve made. If a teenager already has a good group of friends, how do they keep those friendships healthy and strong?

There’s nothing like old friends, but creating and cultivating those kinds of friendships can be a challenge. Between changing schools, moving, leaving a friend, being left behind by a friend group etc., some students find themselves at square one looking for friends. So, where and how do they start if they want to make some new friends?