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one-sided friendship

A friendship in which one child does most of the adjusting, apologizing, and worrying while the other sets the terms.

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One-sided friendships in children: signs and what parents can do

One-sided friendships in children: signs and what parents can do

What a one-sided friendship can look like One-sided friendship is not the same as a child being shy, quiet, or slower to make friends. It usually means the relationship feels chronically unbalanced: one child makes most of the effort, adapts most of the time, and accepts more than feels comfortable just to keep the connection […]