Byline: JUDI CRAIG
Almost every child will experience having a friend who threatens to withdraw her friendship if that child is friends with someone else. This tactic is emotional blackmail, plain and simple.
The child making this statement is using her so-called friendship as a weapon to get your youngster to do what she wants. Make this clear to your child and ask her if that is what she wants in a friend.
The trouble is, of course, your child is fearful that she'll lose the friend. Maybe the friend has high status among her peers and your child is worried her peer group will reject her if she goes against the wishes of this leader.
Or …
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