Question

0 Trait Characteristics Across Life-Span on Best friends are a staple in many lives. You probably have had different ones as you progressed through your life. "If you could 'build a best friend', what three trait characteristics would you want them to possess and how would that change across the life span at: age 5, age 15, age 25, age 40, and age 70?" Response Posts: In your responses to your classmates, contribute to the discussion with your own original opinions or interpretation of the course materials

Answer 1

Triat characteristics of a best friend

At the age of 5:

At the age of five, a child appreciate friends;

*Who interacts with them more

*who share the ideas and toys and other things

* supportive

At five year the child is in a transition state from preschool age to school age . Their preschool parallel play may end and they start social play in this age. They expect a bestfriend , who interacts and plays with them more, share things like toys and also sharing ideas. They expect their best friend should support them in any case of small arguments and fightings. But a five year child may frequently change their best friend.

At the age of 15: at the age of 15, an adolescent child may expect that their best friend should have the following characteristics:

* intimacy and intresting

* trustworthy and honesty

* dependable and supportive

An adolescent seek a friend who is intimate with them and also arouse interest in them.  There should be proper self disclosure and closeness among them. They won't appreciate a friend who is gossiping about them. A best friend should be trustworthy and honest. An adolescent is possessive of their best friend. They don't want there bestfriend, making friendship with others. There will be mutuall dependency and supportiveness.

At the age of 25:

Ar the age of 20, young people like to choose their best friend on the basis of following traits:

* honesty and trustworthy

* supportive

* good listener and non judgemental

A young man seeks a best friend, who is trustworthy and honest. He need a person who won't reveal the secret or do gossip and will maintain honesty in friendship. A best friend should be supportive enough that he should understand his friend and stand by his friend's side. Good listener with a non judgemental attitude will make a person best friend.

At the age of 40: at the age forty, people select best friends based onthe characteristics like:

* Understanding

* supportive and acceptance

* encouragement

Forty year age person may appreciate a friend , who understands him; understand his past, admit his present condition and appreciate his future, what he is going to be. It is difficult to form deeper friendship in forties.

At the age of 70: best friends in the oldage expected to be:

* A good listener

* share informations and thoughts

* share the same beliefs

At the age of 70, people tend to seek friends who listen them;Their concerns, stories of their past life,Because most of the old age people may suffer with lonelinessFriends have to share their ideas, informations and all. In old age people seek friends, who share the same cultural, political and religious beliefs.