# A false story about him! (Erik, Age 7) | 158 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kids-ask-dr-friendtastic-friendship-advice-for-kids-k-8-5992475/a-false-story-about-him-erik-age-7-158 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kids-ask-dr-friendtastic-friendship-advice-for-kids-k-8-5992475/a-false-story-about-him-erik-age-7-158.md Podcast: [Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic: Friendship Advice for Kids (K-8)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kids-ask-dr-friendtastic-friendship-advice-for-kids-k-8-5992475) Published: 2026-08-15T12:03:00+00:00 Episode link: https://drfriendtastic.substack.com/p/ep158-a-false-story-about-him-erik-age7 Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211191370/ec31342e39031e9763401facb0af370b.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kids-ask-dr-friendtastic-friendship-advice-for-kids-k-8-5992475/episodes/a-false-story-about-him-erik-age-7-158 Duration seconds: 434 ## Resource Ep. 158- Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic: Truth, falsehood, and different perspectives | Friendship advice for kids FREE guide for parents: 12 ways to help your child make friends https://drfriendtastic.com/gift/ Parents, check out my online workshops for kids at workshops.eileenkennedymoore.com . Would YOUR KID like to be featured on the podcast? SUBMIT A QUESTION TO DR. FRIENDTASTIC at https://DrFriendtastic.com/submit (Obviously, this is not psychotherapy, and it’s not for emergency situations.) For an easy-to-read TRANSCRIPT, go to: https://DrFriendtastic.com/podcast/ Like the podcast? Check out my books at https:// EileenKennedyMoore.com . Subscribe to my NEWSLETTER, https:// DrFriendtastic.substack.com , to get podcast episodes sent to your email plus articles for parents. *** DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: - Students and teachers can have important and deeply caring relationships, but they can’t be friends. Why not? - What is the lesson of the story about three blind men describing an elephant? - How might understanding that different people can have different views about the same situation or event help you deal with a friendship rough spot? - Why do players in a sport agree to go along with what the umpire decides, even if they don’t agree? - Dr. Friendtastic said, “We can’t always win a game, but we can always win the fun.” How do you win the fun while playing with friends? *** You might also like these podcast episodes: Ep. 75: Upset when he loses a game (Alex, Age 10) https://drfriendtastic.substack.com/p/ep75-alex-age-a10-upset-when-he-loses-a-game Ep. 140 - Friend lies and boasts (Martha, Age 9) https://drfriendtastic.substack.com/p/ep140-friend-lies-and-boasts-martha-age-9 Ep. 20 - Lying friend (Anna, Age 9) https://drfriendtastic.substack.com/p/kids-ask-dr-friendtasti… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kids-ask-dr-friendtastic-friendship-advice-for-kids-k-8-5992475/episodes/a-false-story-about-him-erik-age-7-158/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/kids-ask-dr-friendtastic-friendship-advice-for-kids-k-8-5992475/a-false-story-about-him-erik-age-7-158.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.