Help Me Understand Friendships Better Survey

Hello to you...

I imagine you have been asked to complete this survey by a teacher or parent. Firstly, thank you for considering doing that. I wanted to personally introduce myself and let you know what it is all about.

I am an author collecting data and stories to include in my next book. I am pretty excited to be writing a book for parents, to help them understand what really goes on in the social lives of young people and how they can better support you.

Just so you know - All of your answers will be completely anonymous. Your parents, teachers and peers won’t be able to view them... and I won’t be able to track them back to you (or your device) because they are submitted through Survey Monkey.

Please be opinionated, and super honest. I need and appreciate both. No need to hold back on me! Your thoughts and experiences are really important to making this book meaningful.

Thank you for being a part of it and I hope you can stay you up to date about when the book will be released. It will be available in bookstores around Australia. You might just find your words in it!

Sincerely, and with thanks in advance.

Michelle Mitchell

1.What sex were you born with?

Male

Female

Other / Prefer not to say

2.How old are you?

3.What do you wish parents (or other adults) knew about your friendships?

4.What do you wish your friends knew about you that they don’t know? Is there any emotions or thoughts about yourself that you deliberately hide from friends?

Yes

Comment – If yes, what are they and why.

5.Are any of these things important to you? You can choose more than one.

That other friends think I am popular.

That I have cool friends.

That I have a lot of friends.

That I am friends with the popular kids.

That I do things that make me look good to others.

None of the above

6.What would you like more of in your friendships?

7.How many friends do you feel you can trust with personal and private matters?

8.How confident do you feel about talking to your friends online?

Very confident – no hassles

I don’t talk to my friends online much

Not confident. I get quite nervous I’ll say the wrong thing or things are going to blow up in a bad way.

If you are not confident, tell me why.

9.Do you have a stand out friendship memory from your life so far – good or bad?

10.When you have an important decision to make, do you feel your friends are there for you?

Yes

Sometimes

I don’t open up to them.

Other (please specify)

11.Which is most true of you? You can choose more than one.

I like it when I learn better ways to get along with friends.

I feel successful when I learn something new about how to get along with other kids.

I try to figure out what makes a good friend.

One of my goals is that my friends become even better over time.

It is important to me to learn more about other kids and what they are like.

In general, I try and develop my social skills.

None of the above

Other (please specify)

12.What do you most need from your parents when you are having friendship challenges?

13.Do you have any friendship dilemmas you wish you had answers to? Send me any questions that you'd like answers to!