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Tue 01 Jan 2009Friendships at the heart of adolescent life
HEALTH PLUS: FORMING POSITIVE friendships is an integral part of an adolescent’s personal and social development. It is essential to adolescent stability, happiness, sense of worth, self-esteem and sense of self.
Without friends life is lonely, isolated and arid. Friends are important to share enjoyable activities with, companions with whom to share worries, people to rescue us if we are in difficulty and confidantes to comfort us at times of stress, disappointment or loss.
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