About this episode

Jess shares essential friendship truths for parents to teach their kids to help them navigate school friendships.

Drawing on her experience as a school therapist, Jess shares essential 'friendship truths’ that parents can teach their kids quickly and easily to help them have a great year at school. Want to learn more about supporting your kids and tweens through friendship struggles? For kids ages 3-8, check out our Friendship Toolkit here. For kids 8+, check out our Puberty Toolkit here. Get 10% OFF parenting courses and kids' printable activities at Nurtured First using the code ROBOTUNICORN. We’d love to hear from you! Have questions you want us to answer on Robot Unicorn? Send us an email: podcast@robotunicorn.net. Credits: Editing by The Pod Cabin Artwork by Wallflower Studio Production by Nurtured First Head to nurturedfirst.com/bodysafety to learn more about our Body Safety & Consent course!

People in this episode

Guest: Jess

Topics covered

• friendship
• parenting
• school
• children
• support
• social skills

Keywords

• friendship
• kids
• parenting
• school therapist
• support
• social skills
• toolkit

Sponsors

Nurtured First

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nurtured First, The Pod Cabin, Wallflower Studio, nurturedfirst.com

Products: Friendship Toolkit, Puberty Toolkit

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