Play
Building Social Skills Through Play
The playground, playdate, or preschool is where children's social skills truly develop. Unlike social skills taught in a classroom or through explicit...
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Parenting
When Children Exclude Others: What It Means
Your child is playing with a friend and another child approaches to join. "No! You can't play with us!" Your child's friend looks hurt. As a parent, y...
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Family Life
Sibling Relationships in Early Childhood
Sibling relationships in early childhood are complex. They include attachment (younger siblings look to older ones for safety and learning), peer lear...
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Daycare
How Daycare Affects a Child's Social Development
Daycare is a social laboratory where children learn essential social skills through daily peer interaction. Unlike family relationships, peer relation...
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Daycare
How Early Friendships Form in Daycare
Can toddlers have real friends? Yes — though early friendships look different from adult friendships and develop on their own timeline. Understanding...
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Emotions
Peer Pressure: How to Help Children Navigate It
Conversations about peer pressure tend to focus on resistance: teaching children to say no, to walk away, to choose better friends. This isn't wrong,...
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