The Friendzy program takes a unique approach to teaching a new generation of students how to be kind, compassionate, and emotionally intelligent. The curriculum provides the skills necessary to build healthy relationships, manage emotions, and improve academic focus. Through practical, engaging lessons, Friendzy helps kids learn skills for good, skills for life.
“We started Friendzy because we wanted to help a new generation of kids improve their character development skills. The program is very simply about equipping students to be better friends."
“With the rise of cell phones, we saw first-hand how hard it was for kids to form healthy relationships. Friendzy provides practical lessons that will help them throughout life.”
Friendzy’s mission is to provide schools and organizations with character education programs that empower educators and students to grow into confident, compassionate individuals who can communicate effectively, overcome challenges, and thrive in life. Through practical and engaging lessons, kids learn skills for good, skills for life.
Trust: Established through collaboration, clear communication, and kind conflict resolution.
Relationships: Valued and enhanced through intentional connections and trust-building efforts
Accountability: Committing to responsibilities with both flexibility and integrity.
Growth: Promoting self-awareness, personal development, and character growth.
Solutions-Focused: Addressing challenges with practical and actionable solutions.
Friendzy is a proven solution to tackling the challenges every student faces in building healthy relationships. The program provides a comprehensive and robust curriculum, designed to work schoolwide with engaging instruction for pre-kindergarten through high school. Friendzy is a research-based program with both faith-centered and secular options, designed to build character for a disconnected generation.
We collaborate with teachers, administrators, educational psychologists, school counselors, curriculum designers, parents, business leaders and others who care as deeply as we do about teaching kids the skills they need to build lasting friendships. Schedule a live demo to learn how Friendzy can help your students develop strong character and life skills needed to be really good friends.
Any child or youth could benefit from the Friendzy program. Good character education helps children learn and practice behaviors that reflect universal ethical values. These invaluable skills establish clear guidelines and provide a solid foundation for becoming kind, caring, responsible, and emotionally intelligent citizens.
Character education empowers kids to know what’s right, commit to doing what’s right, and confidently take the right actions every time.
The Friendzy program offers a comprehensive and robust curriculum tailored for pre-kindergarten through high school. It is designed to be implemented schoolwide, providing a consistent vocabulary and recognized skills. We provide the curriculum in both English and Spanish.
Co-founders Joy Roberts and Julie Widman were raising their children when they noticed a growing crisis. By 2012, half the population was using smartphones, which led to the emergence of the most socially disconnected generation in history. As social connections crumbled, loneliness became an epidemic, resulting in increased levels of anxiety, depression, self-harm, and even harm to others. From 2016 to 2023, diagnosed anxiety increased 61 percent (from 10.0% to 16.1%) and depression increased 45 percent (from 5.8% to 8.4%) in youth ages 12-17.
Joy and Julie began to explore how they could help this generation become better friends. In their research, they uncovered extensive data highlighting the importance of teaching social and emotional character development in schools.
This exploration ultimately led to the creation of Friendzy, driven by a desire to help young people develop relationship skills that would benefit them for a lifetime
Friendzy combines research and proven strategies to create an evidence-supported framework. Students learn character skills, tailored to their school grade level. Through engaging activities, discussions, and reflections, the Friendzy curriculum helps increase resilience, improve relationships, and generate overall well-being.
Teachers and parents frequently report fewer behavioral issues both in the classroom and at home, as kids become better at handling their emotions and relating to their peers and adults.
Friendzy offers flexible programming for both public and faith-based schools, provided in both English and Spanish. We back our programs with expertise in whole-child development, as well as a positive, responsive support staff. Finally, we can help with funding advice and resources.
