BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - This book review states how
Good Friends Are Hard to Find: Help Your Child Find, Make, and
Keep Friends is a great reference guide for your child in
helping them deal with the struggles of making and keeping
friends. As of 2010, this book is out of print, but the author
has published an updated and revised edition with Jossey-Bass
that has been re-titled, Friends Forever: How Parents Can Help
Their Kids Make and Keep Good Friends, which is available on
Kindle. Reviewed by Davidson Institute for Talent Development.
Good Friends Are Hard to Find is an essential resource for any
family with a child struggling with making or keeping friends. A
leading expert on children’s social skills and the Director of
UCLA Parent Training & Children’s Social Skills Programs,
author, Dr. Fred Frankel, spends part of his time as a
psychologist at UCLA where he trains pediatricians,
psychologists, social workers, and child psychiatrists. This
book is based on techniques he uses in the Parent Tr