## Introduction

Love, friendship and relationships
In this theme you will focus on friendship and love: what is a friend, who are your friends, and are people the same or different on social media?

What are you going to do?

You will read texts, listen to sound clips, watch a video and do exercises that all to do with love, friendship and relationships.
You will think about image and how that can affect your friendship circles – do you look at people and judge them according to what they wear and how they look?
We look at the idea of showing your affection in public – is it OK to kiss your boyfriend or girlfriend in the supermarket? If not, why not? Do you think it’s OK to shock older people? Then we look at the topic of teenage parents – how young is young?

What about you?

What do you think about teenage parents?
How important are our relationships with our family and friends?
Do they influence everything we do?
Some of the most important relationships are with our family – so why is Christmas,
or any other big family occasion, so stressful?
Or in lockdown because of Covid-19. None of us have ever faced a lockdown situation with our loved ones, so we don’t quite know what to expect. A couple of weeks with just your immediate family members. Is it a problem or can this time with your family be a happy experience?
Do you or anyone in your family suffer from hypercopresence?

Have fun!