Presenting a systematic plan for parents helping kids make and sustain friendships including: - Making time for friends by not overscheduling. - Developing interests that attract friends. - Dancing and sports are in; solitary video games out. - Finding friends in the neighborhood. - The potential for a positive role with internet social networking as a way to meet and stay connected, including instant messaging, websites, blogs, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. - Addiction can become a problem but the correct and supervised use of the internet and social networking is now an essential part of kids' friendship. - Dealing with Teasing & Bullying. - Learning social and emotional intelligence skills like listening, empathy, compassion, recreational conversation. - Modeling friendships in your own life, at work, in the neighborhood, and at home. - Helping kids deal with and survive stormy friendships. The author's philosophy is that parents can take on the important role of model, advocate, champion, and facilitator, in a highly effective and important way. Kids must have friends, it's essential, and we can help.