{"id":25358,"date":"2026-06-18T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=25358"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:05:22","slug":"top-parenting-coach-shares-how-to-teach-sons-to-choose-the-right-friends-at-every-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=25358","title":{"rendered":"Top parenting coach shares how to teach sons to choose the right friends at every age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-131829462,imgsize-883721.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<p><strong>This is where influence begins. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As children grow older, friends start playing a bigger role in shaping their behaviour. They begin comparing themselves with others, following group habits, and seeking acceptance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>At this age, teach your child these four things: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone who plays with you is someone who helps you grow.<\/p>\n<p>Good friends encourage you to make better choices, not push you toward disrespectful behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>If you constantly get into trouble because of someone, that friendship needs to be questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Friends should respect teachers, rules, and boundaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/parenting\/pregnancy\/top-parenting-coach-shares-how-to-teach-sons-to-choose-the-right-friends-at-every-age\/photostory\/131829462.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is where influence begins. As children grow older, friends start playing a bigger role in shaping their behaviour. They begin comparing themselves with others, following group habits, and seeking acceptance. At this age, teach your child these four things: Not everyone who plays with you is someone who helps you grow. Good friends encourage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}