Right on! I think this bears repeating!

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Children do not have the cognitive capacity to understand the concept of anger until the formal operational stage (about age 12), but that sure doesn't stop them from feeling angry or acting on that anger. Likewise, while a child may not have the cognitive resources to understand the concept of friendship that certainly doesn't stop them from being friends. That's the way I see it, anyway, but I could be way off.

To me, friendship is something that transcends feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. I never define a friend as someone who should feel a certain way about me, or should do something for me. Friendship is a form of love, after all, and trying to put some kind of condition on love is a recipe for disaster. The only person who always does right by me and always looks out for my best interest is Jesus Christ. Everyone else is just a fault-ridden person like me with a tendency to be a jerk at times. I don't throw people over the boat because they screwed up, and I hope they don't throw me over the boat because I screw up. (And I do. Plenty!)

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