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Do you find your teen has a hard time finding new friends? More importantly, do you think your teen
has settled in with the first friends that came along despite the friends' questionable quality?
Making new friends can be quite nerve-racking for a teen, especially if he/she has low self-esteem and confidence levels. Finding friends with similar values can be even more challenging.
Parents play an important role in their children's lives. You need to teach your kids on how to pick the "right friends".
1. Sign your teen up for 1 or 2 extracurricular activities. It can be a sports team, an art class, or a dance class. Pick something he/she would enjoy or ask your teen to pick the class he/she would like to
participate in. This way you give your teen power to choose what he/she wants to do. The point is your
teen cannot make friends if he/she has no place to meet new people.
2. Guide him or her on how to _____. For example: Teach your teen to carefully choose his or her
friends. Direct your teen to ask himself or herself what he/she is looking for in new friends. Get your teen to write down 5 qualities or characteristics he/she would like the new friends to have.
3. Encourage your teen to think about how he/she wants his or her friends to influence him or her. Ask him or her to think of 5 ways he/she would like to be influenced. Ask him or her how she would not like to be influenced.
Teens are a very special part of our society. They are our tomorrow! Today, it is up to us to inspire
them to be all that they can be!
1. What is the main idea of the text? (within 8 words)
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2. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
It's difficult for a child with low self-confidence to find friends.
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3. Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases. (within 5 words)
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4. List three extracurricular activities according to the passage. (within 10 words)
①_________ ②_________ ③_________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
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