1. I never hesitate to stick up for a friend if he or she is being teased or unfairly accused.
I want you for my friend. It's wonderful to have friends that stick up for you. And if you stick up for them usually they stick up for you too. Sometimes you have to be brave to stand up for someone else's rights because yours might get trampled in the process, but a good friendship is worth that, isn't it? Keep being the good friend that you are, but keep these few cautions in mind as well...
Don't endanger anyone. While it's cool to stand up for a friend, sometimes, you can't help them and the best thing to do is to go and get someone who can. Whether they are in physical or mega-emotional danger, if something is coming down that you are powerless to stop or to alter, go get help! Immediately. It's hard to leave someone to go get help, but a friend could bleed to death, be abused, or not be able to leave an angry group unhurt if you stay faithfully by their side instead of moving your butt toward the help they really need. Talk over what you and your friends would do for each other in difficult situations to help you to act with less guilt and worry when the real thing happens.
Read about how a diary helped one girl to get another girl the help she really needed.
Be honest. Sometimes no matter how good a friend you are with someone, you still disagree with them. If they end up in trouble or just called on their behavior or attitude and you back them up even though you know they are wrong you could be in danger of losing who you are. Sure, there ARE times when you stick by someone publicly and then privately ask them what the #*&$#!!? they were thinking. That's a choice you might feel you have to make. But I'm talking about things like a friend getting into serious drug or alcohol abuse and you joining in just so they don't feel wrong. Being a friend is a lot like being a parent or a spouse, you can't be there for someone else if you're not there for yourself first. Be true to yourself so that you can be true to your friends.