"Me and my friends get in fights all the time because I try to help them with things they have trouble with. So, I learned only to help when asked, and now every thing is smooth!!!"
--Holly, 8

"Me and my homegirl, Shaina, fight about stupid stuff, like, she would say a joke about me, then I would say a joke about her, and she gets mad and we argue."
--Rachelle, 13

"When me and my friends fight, Alyssa says, 'I know you are, but what am I?' I do not say anything at all. If my friends ask who side I am on, I say, 'I do not know.'
--Katrina, 10

"My best friend, Tiffany, and I were really good buds, until one day, a new girl came. Her name was Ashley. She was really nice, and we became really good friends. Tiffany was ok with that because she has other friends, until Tiffany said Ashley was, like, hogging me, and keeping me away from Tiffany because Ashley did not like her. So now Tiffany did not like her, and I was in the middle of a battle, each one muttering things about the other one. I had to say something. I could not stand there and let this happen to my best friend and my new friend, so I told them both, 'Either you get along, or I'll be neither of your friends.' Things were a little quiet at first, but we solved it out!"
--Jewel, 13

"When I fight w/my friends, we don't talk to each other for, like, a week. Then I'm usually the one to say sorry, even if I didn't do n-e thing to make n-e body mad. And sometimes, we don't make up."
--Marisa, 13

"We fight about stuff, like, who does not like who, and stuff like that. We work it out by walking away and, you know, like, shaking it off, and we are not worried about it anymore. We are friends now, but sometime we will probably do it again."
--Tinia, 9

"My friend, Heather, said that if I was going to be friends with this girl named Holly, then I should find another place to hang out. When I told this to some other friends, they were immediately on my side, and blew up in her face. Then, she said she couldn't believe that I would turn on my best friend. The next day I called her and she said she was sorry."
--Allison, 11

"By putting my dog on them."
--Zaroria, 9

"I'm upset, because Meana gets attitudes, and at school, she doesn't hangout with me anymore. She's too busy with the popular crowd."
--Erica, 9

"My friend wants to fight, but I don't know what to do. So can you tell me what to do? And now all of my friends are mad at me too, so can you really, really, really, really help me?"
--Jeni, 9

"When me and my friend fight, we fight about how she hangs out with my other friend more than me. I get jealous of her."
--Jayde, 8

"Me and my friend fight about me being somebody else's friend. But I am still her friend too. I work it out by saying I will be both of their friends."
--Katelyn, 10

"We fight when she ignores me. We stay mad at each other for weeks. Then, we come up with things to say to play again."
--Vanessa, 9

"I told my friend, Christine, that I liked a boy, and then she said that she liked him too. We got in a BIG fight, and we were not friends for about 1 to 1 1/2 months. We finally figured out that he was a jerk, and we were friends again."
--Jackie, 11

"When my friends and I fight, I stay mad, but when they come out to me, I know they're my real friends. But when they test me on the same thing, I can sense it, so I tell them, 'Let's not be mad at each other, we're better off friends, not enemies.' "
--Miranda, 11

"I am sad because, when two of my best friends fight, I always end up in the middle."
--Carly, 10

"2 of my best friends told me that my other best friend was talking about me behind my back, and then I got really mad, but I wouldn't say anything about her. And my other 2 friend kept urging me to say something about my friend, but I wouldn't, because I found out later that if I did say something about her, they would repeat it to her. But she never said a word about me."
--Katie, 11

"Me and my friend fight about how I'm skinnier than she is."
--Ivey, 8

"About what we should wear, which boy is cute."
--Myisha, 12

"My friends and I fight about whether or not one respects the other one's friends, or just stupid things. We solve them by saying sorry and forgetting about it!"
--Ashleigh, 10

"Ok, it's the last day of school, and my best friend, Britt, & I were walking home from school, when our other friends caught up with us, & we all started to talk about this past year's boyfriend & girlfriend thing. I just got one myself, & I didn't tell Britt, but she didn't tell me that she had one too. So, I finally told her, & she told me. When she asked who it was, I told her, & it was a boy we both liked a lot. Well, her boyfriend was my ex. I told her that it was ok, & she all of a sudden went off at me. I said 'Sorry, but he asked me out.' What should I do?"
--Heather, 13

"Well this is how it starts off…Jacqueline, my friend, and I got in a fight, because we were playing a game, and I wasn't talking because I had to concentrate, and she thought I was mad at her. The next hour, I called her to see if she could play, and she hung the phone up on me. I said to myself, 'Why is she mad at me?' I'm still trying to figure out why she got mad at me. So please, someone help me!!"
--Michelle, 11

"I try to find out what happened, or why I got mad, and I try to apologize."
--Ann, 12

"We fight about stupid stuff, and we work it out 3 to 5 days later."
--Kay, 12

"My best friend, Kelsey, and I have been best friends since 2nd grade. Then one day, there was a new kid named Mark. He wasn't real cute either, he was ugly. Well, I used to just hang out with him and stuff, like stay out late at recess. Now Kelsey won't talk to me!"
--Nora, 9

"When Nina and I try to play together, she always leaves me out. She only pays attention to Lizzy. All she talks about is her boyfriend, Wesley. It's driving me crazy!!"
--Nicky, 12

"My friend, Michael, said I was ugly. Michael is a boy, and I meet him in 2nd grade, and now I am going to be in 4th grade on September 3."
--Reyanna, 8

"When me and my friend fight, it is usually about how much points I have in basketball or video games."
--Gage, 10

"My friend, Katelyn, always brags about things. Like, we're having a Fourth of July party this year, and it's her tradition to go to the beach every Fourth of July. But one day, we were playing, and I just said that I was excited about the party, and she goes, 'Well I'm not gonna be there, I'm gonna be at the beach, and I'm gonna have fun.' And that really made me feel sad. Can you help us work this out?"
--Mariah, 11

"There's this girl, Natalie, she always sucks up and thinks she is the boss. One day, she split my friends and me apart. I don't know what to do. I don't have her trust. What should I do?"
--Chelsea, 10

"Sometimes, when I get in a fight with my friends, I try to work things out so that everything's cool. Morgan and me aren't good friends, because she thinks she is cooler than me."
--Jordyn, 9

"Hi, my name is Taylor, and I'm having problems with two friends, Brittany and Danielle. Danielle is always flirting with my brother, and she always laughs weird when nothing has happened. And my friend, Brittany, she always tells on me in school when I didn't do anything, and always tells me to shut up, and she's in the same class as me next year. Can you give me some details on how to stop them from being mean to me, and making fun of me, and telling on me? Thanks."
--Taylor, 9

"When me and friend, Taylor, fight, we get back at each other with secrets we told each other. We never fight face to face, it is always over the computer. We never really do anything about it. And then a few days later, we both realize we're like sisters. We always fight, but we still love each other, and so we call each other, and the first thing we do is say that we're sorry. But when we fight, we don't stop until we've won the battle."
--Josilyn, 13

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