"My Friends And Family" And Empathy

Dear Denis, I beliebe that you are right because you say that "the colour of the skin is not interesting", we don't have to discriminate. I think that the qualities of a good friend are: to be generous, helpful and sincere. Bye.... ROCIO from Argentina

Art by Carina and Sofía from Uruguay

Dear Shi Ying, How are you? Where do you come from? I am 11 yrs old. How old are you? I like Macau very much. How do you like Norway? My teacher told me that you have no friends in your school. Are you still boring there? Sometimes when you have no friends, you will think the world is really boring. I also know have no friends. I hate my old friend called Annie and Mihn Ngoc very much. When I talk to someone else and don't care about her, Annie will play with someone else and will not talk with me. Then when I call Mihn Ngoc Mint Nut head, she will call me Curry Chicken. I know I'm really rude to call her names but she call me Curry Chicken which means a girl/woman that always make sex with the man to find money! I hate this name. Do anybody call you nicknames? You know why our world have war? Because of hating. If we all are friends, the world will be better. If we can send e-mail together every once a week, then I am sure we could be a very good pair of friends. Your new friend, Carly from Macau

In the end friendships need trust, respect, support, going up to them with problems and being true to you. It shouldn't matter what type of person it is female, male, color, race, and religion as long as they give you all the friendship needs then they are your best friends. Reyna from United States .

It does not matter what the kid looks like or where they are from. They could be from Mexico. Just because they're from Mexico they still can be your friend. It does not matter if their skin is a differnt color. They are just like everyone else. If there were a new kid in our school or neighbourhood I would help hem around. That means that I would try to help them get some friends. They could be friends with my friends if they both agree of being friends. I know what it feels like when I first went to this school in first grade. It took me a while to make new friends. Shawn from United States

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