A New Perspective on Teen Friendships
Understand your teen’s social world - and support them with more clarity and more confidence over time
Parenting a teen can be deeply meaningful, and at times unexpectedly challenging.
Much of their world is shaped by relationships. Fitting in, falling out, navigating conflict, and trying to find their place.
It is not always easy to see what is happening beneath the surface, or how best to support them.
The Friendship Project webinars are designed to help you make sense of what’s happening, and respond in ways that support connection and wellbeing.
Redefining Popularity |
Managing Meanness |
When Meanness Is a Joke |
Conflict Is Growth |
Unlocking Authenticity
A different way to understand teen friendships
Friendship builds resilience. Popularity can change. Feeling valued protects wellbeing.
Friendships shape how teens experience stress, belonging, and identity.
The Friendship Project Webinar Series
A practical, evidence-informed webinar series designed to help you better understand your teen’s friendships and respond in ways that strengthen connection and wellbeing.
Led by clinical psychologist Dr Mary Kaspar, alongside media personality Jess Farchione, the series explores the real social pressures teens face - fitting in, exclusion, conflict, and change.
Parents often find these webinars help them to:
- Parents often find these webinars help them to:
- respond in more grounded and supportive ways
- strengthen connection and trust
Each webinar is approximately 20 minutes and available to watch anytime.
You can start with the topic most relevant to your family.
The Webinar Series
Full series: $175
A five-part series covering key dynamics in teen friendships and wellbeing.
Includes:
- Redefining Popularity
- Managing Meanness
- When Meanness Is a Joke
- Conflict Is Growth
- Unlocking Authenticity
Redefining Popularity
When popularity matters to teens Is your teen worried about being popular? Understand the pressures around popularity and how to support self-worth and meaningful friendships.
Price: $39
Managing Meanness
When friendships turn mean Is your teen navigating a friendship that feels hurtful or confusing? Understand how meanness can show up- and how to support healthier patterns.
Price: $39
When Meanness Is Treated as a Joke
Laughing off harm Does your teen downplay or laugh off hurtful behaviour? Build awareness, empathy, and stronger relational judgement
Price: $39
Conflict Is Growth picture
Supporting teens through friendship conflict Is your teen struggling to express their needs in friendships? Support healthier conflict and build confidence and connection.
Price: $39
Unlocking Authenticity
Supporting your teen to be themselves Does your teen feel pressure to fit in? Support authenticity, self-trust, and identity.
Price: $39
One-on-One Support
These webinars provide general educational guidance and are not a substitute for psychological care. Some families also choose one-on-one support, where teens and/or parents can meet with a practitioner with experience in adolescent friendships and wellbeing.