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‘‘Special” Pals
My only child, a nine-year-old girl,1 was hurt recently because her very best, friend has begun paying a great deal of attention to another girl in their class, j Should I teach my daughter that if s' 'rest to be “good friendir with several ,:rls and not to have “one special pal”?
I am not sure that I would teach her _jit she should not have a special pal. It is more or less inevitable that some nildren should be especially attracted i each other and thus become special -tends. These special friends mean a •t, especially to a child who is someiat shy or timid, or who just isn’t the regarious type.” To be sure, when a •sild has “a special friend” she runs ■ >! chance of having her feelings hurt. ■* your child has, when the friend turns -r attention elsewhere, but this is one > f the heartaches that children must ;rn to handle. Although I would not suggest, there•»re, that you give your daughter the ipression that she should not have a >ecial friend, I certainly would sug- - ■st that you encourage her to have any good friends so that when the one weial friend falls by the wayside, she 'ill not have the feeling of suddenly coming friendless, which is so devas■it ing and which creates such a feeling f insecurity. You can help the situation consider - My by providing situations in your own ome in which several of your daughter’s rienda will be present frequently, rather •tan just the one friend. There is no reason, furthermore, why on should not help .her see that we -hange our special friends from time i time and that when this is done, one •f the special friends is likely to be -vnewhat hurt.
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