Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Coping Series Part 3: Friends

First day with braces you will probably see your friends. They will of course notice that you got braces especially since you probably told them! Usually your friends will be supportive of you since after all most of them probably have/had braces at some point.
But sometimes they will have different reactions such as:

Teasing: You might get the usual name calling from your friends but they will probably not mean it. Everyone gets a hard time when they get braces (we did from our friends!) but they don’t mean any harm by it.

Encouraging: Most of your friends will probably have had braces so they will understand what you are going through.

Jealous: You will usually get a lot of attention your first day, people exclaiming “Wow you got braces!” and such. Some of your friends might get a bit jealous. So if some of them seem upset just remember that if they are jealous they will get over it after the excitement dies.

We hope this helps prepare or explain some of the reactions you might get!

-Amanda and Erik

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