How can friendships help an individual to better understand themselves and their development?

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Discussion
Topic: “Friendships and their relationship to identity, self-esteem
and socioemotional development”
Read
Chapter 7 of your text and give special focus to pages 243-249. How do
friendships relate to the emotional, cognitive, and social development
throughout an individual’s lifetime? Think back on the friends you had during
adolescence. What did your friendships during this period in your life tell you
about yourself? How can friendships help an individual to grow socially during
adolescence? How can certain friendships damage our self-esteem and the
development of our identity? How can friendships help an individual to
better understand themselves and their development? How can you better
understand a person by looking at their friendships? Are you pleased with the
impact your current friends have on your life? Do your friends make you want to
be a better person?
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Remember to cite a source in your primary post.

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