This QuickTips brochure teaches parents how to help their child make and keep friends, avoid peer pressure, and suggests what to do if friends are having a negative influence.

After parents, friends may be a child's most influential teachers. Friends teach children lessons about the importance of loyalty, what it means to give and take, how to be a leader and a follower. Friends can encourage children to do well in school or encourage negative behaviors. These social skills are critical in school… and in life.