The Not-So-Friendly Friend: How To Set Boundaries for Healthy Friendships

There was a bully at my 3 yo's day care. Even though we had several talks about it, this book was really helpful. It does a great job at highlighting setting boundaries. It's cute & fun for my 3 yo. She loves it. My only complaint is how it starts out with a need to be liked & try harder to be liked. However, it's also helpful in small children that is pretty mutch innate.

My two year old was hit in the face at the park and became afraid of all kids for a while. I turned to this book (and a few others on bravery) to start dialogue with him to help him understand that some kids are not nice but that doesn’t mean ALL kids are that way and sometimes you have to set boundaries with people who are not nice. He goes around the park and says “hi nice friend” to all the kids now (we haven’t encountered that one bully again), he requests reading this book as “nice friends book” and declares he wants to go to the park to see nice friends. My sweet boy is back to his playful loving self and no longer running away screaming from everyone like he was after the incident. Love the diversity shown in the book and it’s an easy book for littles to digest. I’ll check out if this author has any others.

This book pulled me in from the first moment I read the title. I read the reviews and soaked up the information provided. I am not disappointed at all in its contents. This work deserves recognition at the highest levels. I am pleased with the care and thought of the authors and all others involved in bringing this book to print. It's tough to create a book that you hope will touch millions of lives and help guide them to create a more joyful existence for all of us.I will be perusing the rest of this author's works. I highly recommend this book to parents who have a child/children with a/ some not-so-friendly friends.

I really LOVE this book! It’s realistic! It teaches kids that if you are a bully a possible consequence of your actions is no kids will want to play with you. It teaches you what actions to take to change things for the better. It also teaches kiddos how to stand up for themselves if they are the victim! All-in-all it’s overall a great book because if you are reading it to a group of kids your audience can have both, victims and bullies. I am buying a second book to gift to my daughters friend who is a different classroom. Excellent book! Buy it!

This is a really beautiful story about kindness and standing up for yourself when people are not nice to you. It teaches "the golden rule" of treating others the way you would like to be treated. It also teaches that despite being kind to others, some people may not like you and that's not your fault. However, with those people, you must set a boundary and make it very clear to them that you will not play with them until they play nicely. It depicts the offended child talking to parents and the teacher which is great to reinforce guardians helping kids through these scenarios. It isn't harsh and mean in any way. In the end the mean girl learns people won't play with her if she's mean but they will if she's nice. Self respect, bullying, great rhymes. 10/10

I haven't tested this story on a child yet, but I think the story's message is an important one. I haven't seen a picture book tackle this specific topic of setting boundaries before. The concept is good and the execution is passable considering the short story length. The story is too telling for my taste, not enough showing. Though it makes a good start to addressing the topic. The language is nice and not condescending which I appreciate. The illustrations are inviting and fun to look at.Again, I haven't read this story to a child yet but I hope they will enjoy it and learn from it.

This is one of the best books my daughter and I have read within her age group. I was so impressed with how easy it was to follow and my six year old’s ability to understand. The questions in the back of the book were great for starting the conversation around boundaries for an kiddo so young and was overall just a really good guide for parents. I am so excited to purchase more books from the Capable Kiddos Series!

I had this booked delivered to my granddaughter for her first day of school. She came home and read it and it was a perfect addition to educating her about behavior and life.

Es un libro genial que contribuye a enseñar a un niño a poner límites y no permitir que lo acosen o lo traten mal.

I love the illustrations. A good book for children on how to stay away from bullies and unfriendly people. Great work.

I was looking for a book to help my 5 y/o deal with school and friendship dynamics. This book is very close to what we personally needed. Helpful to teach your kid about boundaries and standing up for yourself. Particularly with (clear) bullies. I highly recommend it.Didn't quite hit the spot I needed, but was so so close. We needed something to help with school friends who flip flop between being kind and unkind and how to "be ourselves" and not change to be liked or accepted.Definitely reading this book over and over again until my daughter internalises the good lesson it's teaching.Will also check the other books from this series and see what else we can learn from it.

I have a 4 years old little girl and she has a friend. As i have only 1 child i dont have so much experience what to do with bully little kids. And what should i tell them to teach the right way. But when families involve it’s difficult to teach how to behave someone s kids. I was looking for option what should i teach my child to protect herself being bullied. This book sort of gave me an idea what should i tell my child. Its a good book.

Good advice for young kids.Understood well by a five year oldVery nice pictures