3 Types of Friends Every Teen Girl Needs | Friendship Series

Not Everyone Gets to Be Your BFF: The Different Levels of Friendship

Ever feel like if you’re not someone’s best friend, something must be wrong with you? It’s not true! Even Jesus had different levels of friendship: the 12 disciples, then Peter, James, and John, and then John, “the disciple Jesus loved.”

In this episode, Coach Jamie and our teen co-hosts Kaylee, Sadie, and Rosie talk about how to be kind to everyone while being wise about who you let closest to your heart. We cover:

• Users, takers, and time wasters: who doesn’t belong in your inner circle
• Why oversharing too fast so often backfires
• 3 red flags that a friendship isn’t ready to go deeper
• What to do when you feel overlooked or not chosen, and why your response matters
• The 3 types of friends every Christian teen girl needs: someone you’re discipling, your people, and a mentor
• Rosie’s story of stepping out of her comfort zone to ask an older girl to mentor her

Every person is valuable, but not every friendship needs the same amount of your time and your heart.

Next week: “Coach Jamie, what if I don’t have any friends?” We’re talking all about how to make friends.

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