Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are

by Carlin Flora,
The Huffington Post, January 27, 2013

Good friendships, formed in adolescence, according to psychologist Carl Pickhardt, give individuals a capacity to forge and sustain other relationships, including romantic ones. "But we have a funny culture," Pickhardt adds. We think people "know how to do friendship, but it's not always true."