Ability Awareness
Making Friends as an Adult
Season 2 Episode 2 | 2m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Why is it important to have friends as an adult?
Why is it important to have friends as an adult? What are some healthy ways we can make friends as we get older?
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Ability Awareness is a local public television program presented by KBTC
Ability Awareness
Making Friends as an Adult
Season 2 Episode 2 | 2m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Why is it important to have friends as an adult? What are some healthy ways we can make friends as we get older?
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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[graphics swoosh] - It is important to have friends as an adult because you don't wanna be lonely as an adult for the rest of your life.
- I need friends to go do things with, like see movies.
- We need friends so we can be happy.
- It's important to have friends as an adult, because they could help us in the future.
- What makes someone a good friend is someone who's kind, honest, loyal, faithful, and also is always there for you when you feel sad.
- Friends should be funny.
- Friends should listen.
- Friends should help.
- A good friend is someone that supports us.
- [speech device] Someone that is kind or nice to me can be my friend.
- My friends make me happy.
[high five clap] - I like to play soccer with my friends.
[audience clamoring] [audience cheering] - [speech device] I like to spend time with my friends.
- Someone's not your friend [people whispering] if they're talking behind your back.
- If they're bullying you, [crowd jeering] they're not your friend.
Like, if they're saying like mean things to you, they're not your friend.
- [Speaker] People are not our friend if they're unkind, mean, or call you names.
- I don't share information with people that are not friends.
- Sorts of things we do not share with people that are not our friends are our address, our phone numbers, and our email.
It could be dangerous to share that stuff.
- [Speaker] People don't need to look like each other to be friends.
- It doesn't matter how you look on the outside.
What's most important is how you truly are on the inside.
- [Narrator] Ability Awareness is a KBTC production made possible in partnership with scholars from the Employment Transition Program in the Federal Way Public Schools, and with funding from Best Starts for Kids, a King County initiative.
To learn more about the Ability Awareness program, please visit KBTC.org/AbilityAwareness.
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