How children learn how to interact with others, and techniques to help in that learning process.
How children learn how to interact with others, and techniques to help in that learning process.
Questions tagged [social-development]
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When your child says something embarrassing in public... how do you deal with it?
So our 3 year old son is both talkative and imaginative, but hasn't necessarily learned all the social decorum that comes with age/experience and social development. There's been a number of embarrassing situations/social faux-pas that we've just…
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My 7 year old daughter is the team cry baby...how do I help her stop?
My seven year old daughter plays on a soccer team. She loves soccer. She is not the best player and not the worst. She is however, the team crybaby. She finds some reason to cry every single game and practice. She fakes injuries, gets frustrated and…
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How can I help my child develop social intelligence?
I am interested in developing social intelligence in my child. What behaviors have parents introduced into their daily family routine specifically to encourage the development of social intelligence?
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How to deal with young child's apparent fear of embarrassment
Cultural background: my family and I live in the Midwestern US.
My wife and I have a five-year-old daughter who seems to have a morbid fear of 'other kids laughing at (her)'. Previously she would mention this whenever she was feeling shy, but since…
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How important is passing on our "heritage" to a child who is born and raised in a different country?
To avoid offending any country and going off topic, I'll call my native country "N"(for native) and the current country "C"(for current).
My husband and I were born and raised in N, but we've disliked living there since we were young adults. It had…
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How do you help children resist social/peer pressure?
Peer pressure is a fact of life. Friends and classmates are generally strong influences in how our children develop their personalities, and potentially influence many significant decisions in their lives.
How do we help prepare our children to…
user420
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The human moments - the bigger picture
Not a specific situation, but how do you help your child with the moments in which either 1. You've made a mistake, or
2. Someone else in their life has, that affects them.
Again, not about the specifics, but as a few examples of those…
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