Relationships

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Our relationships are a fundamental part of our lives, affecting our happiness, our stress levels, and our ability to thrive. If we learn interpersonal skills — how to get along with others — in our childhood and adolescence, we build our self-confidence and self-esteem. Learning about healthy relationships teaches us to be a good friend or partner, while learning about abusive relationships helps us to recognize when we need to terminate a relationship that’s causing us physical or emotional harm. As parents, we hone and apply the interpersonal skills we’ve learned in personal, professional, and community settings. We model these skills for our children, and we guide them as they navigate the challenges of social media, peer pressure, dating and more. The resources on this page offer support for adolescents and adults; for friendships, dating and marriage; for heterosexuals and LGBTQIA+; for building good relationships and for terminating unhealthy ones.

 

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