{"id":8764,"date":"2025-10-03T18:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/rfl-choose-your-friend\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T19:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:00:39","slug":"rfl-choose-your-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/en\/rfl-choose-your-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"RFL: Choose Your Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-8759 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1417\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271417%27%20height%3D%27797%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201417%20797%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271417%27%20height%3D%27797%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-400x225.webp 400w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-500x281.webp 500w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-700x394.webp 700w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-Cover-1.webp 1120w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKeep this in mind:<br \/>\n<\/strong>The friends a child chooses quietly write the story of their self-esteem<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about it:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Every child is naturally drawn to appearances: the funny one, the strong one, the popular one. But psychology shows us that what really matters isn\u2019t the image, it\u2019s how a child feels inside when they are with that friend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-8755 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1424\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271424%27%20height%3D%27356%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201424%20356%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271424%27%20height%3D%27356%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-200x50.webp 200w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-300x75.webp 300w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-400x100.webp 400w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-500x125.webp 500w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-600x150.webp 600w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-700x175.webp 700w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-768x192.webp 768w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-800x200.webp 800w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1-1024x256.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-1.webp 1152w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1424px) 100vw, 1424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teach them to set filters.<\/strong><br \/>\nJust like a computer filters words, a child can ask themselves:<br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cDoes this friend help me grow or make me shrink?\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cDoes this friend allow me to be myself, or do I have to hide parts of who I am to fit in?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong> A small exercise for parents &amp; educators:<\/strong><br \/>\nAsk your child:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhich friend makes you laugh and feel strong?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWith which friend do you feel you need to hide or shrink parts of yourself?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These two questions are mirrors. They teach a child the art of choice.<\/p>\n<p><strong> The right choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-8757 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1436\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271436%27%20height%3D%27359%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201436%20359%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271436%27%20height%3D%27359%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-200x50.webp 200w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-300x75.webp 300w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-400x100.webp 400w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-500x125.webp 500w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-600x150.webp 600w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-700x175.webp 700w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-768x192.webp 768w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-800x200.webp 800w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2-1024x256.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reschool.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choose-Your-Friend-2.webp 1152w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1436px) 100vw, 1436px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Healthy friendships sharpen us, like a sharpener makes a pencil useful. The wrong ones wound us. Let\u2019s help our children understand that <strong>choosing friends isn\u2019t luck, it\u2019s a skill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>www.reschool.gr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep this in mind: The friends a child chooses quietly write the story of their self-esteem Think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RFL: Choose Your Friend - Reschool<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The friends a child chooses can build or break self-esteem. 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