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title: "Friendships change over time"
description: "Understand that friendships change over time — that it's normal for friends to drift apart or for new friendships to form — and develop strategies for making new friends and handling friendship change"
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# Friendships change over time

Understand that friendships change over time — that it's normal for friends to drift apart or for new friendships to form — and develop strategies for making new friends and handling friendship changes without feeling like something is wrong with them

Subject: Personal & Social Development · Area: Friendship & Cooperation · Ages 7 to 9
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/friendships-change-over-time-mt_X7Tu94-a2m

## Ready when they can

- Explain that friendships changing is normal and doesn't mean something is wrong
- Describe a strategy for making new friends, such as joining a club or inviting someone to play
- Talk about a friendship that changed and how they handled it

## Lesson: Friendships change over time

Friendships change as people grow. A friend you sat with every day last year might not be your closest friend now, and that is normal. It does not mean you did anything wrong.

**Example.** Maya and Priya were best friends in first grade. By third grade, Priya joined the soccer team and started eating lunch with her teammates. Maya felt a little sad at first. Then she joined the art club and met Jordan, who loved drawing dinosaurs just as much as she did.

*(drawing: Maya and Priya's friendship changed as they grew, and both of them ended up with friends old and new.)*

**Tip.** To make a new friend, look for people who like the same things you do. Join a club, ask to sit with someone new at lunch, or invite a classmate to play at recess.

It is okay to feel a little sad when a friendship changes. You can still be friendly with that person and build new friendships too. New friends do not erase old ones.

**Recap.** Friendships change as people grow, and that is normal. You can handle it by staying open to new friends, like joining a club or inviting someone to play.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Makes someone a good friend](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/makes-someone-a-good-friend-mt_HBcvu0UxYe)
- [Resolving Disagreements with Friends](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/resolving-disagreements-with-friends-mt_iWGnyUyN2j)

## Opens up

- [Repair, Distance, or Let Go](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/repair-distance-or-let-go-mt_eeWpCYQG1Z)