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How can we have healthy relationships?

This activity helps us to think about different feelings that we are feeling and to be able to communicate this to another. Talking to friends and sharing experiences and feelings is an important part of developing trust, care and value in our friendships and relationships. Relationships are the connections we have with the people around us that help us to feel loved, cared for and safe . There are many different types of relationships or connections that we can have; friendships, our family and carers, and our wider family members too. We need to develop relationship skills to help form and sustain meaningful relationships.

It is important to notice how we are feeling in our environment and within our relationships
We can have lots of different feelings and that is ok
Noticing who is special to us helps us to value our relationships

Try this next

Draw the outline of a cloud and draw the picture of someone who is special to you in the cloud. Write around the edge two things that make them special to you

For parents: The concept of relationships

For children to learn healthy relationships they need trusted people to connect and communicate with warmth, compassion, openness and care. Trusted adults can use playfulness and humour so that children feel accepted, safe and loved. Children need to hear that it’s ok for relationships to change, that sometimes we can fall out but relationships can be repaired. How to help your children with relationships. Read our blog.