Reference Desk
- Is My Child On Track?
- Kindergarten Readiness
- Learning To Read
- Types of Schools
- Learning Personalities
- Standards and Testing
- Gifted Children
- The Early Years (3-5)
- The Middle Years (6-12)
- The Teen Years (13-18)
- Parent-School Connection
- Your Parenting Style
- Keeping Your Kids Healthy
- Extracurricular Activities
- Life Skills
- Thinking About College
- Special Needs
The Teen Years (13-18)
The nature of children’s peer interactions and friendships changes across development. Read on for information related to understanding the evolving nature of these friendships and tips for facilitating your child’s social success.
Friendship
- Children's Peer Relationships
- Friends and Friendships
- Do Kids Need Friends?
- A New Friend
- The Importance of Playdates
- How to Talk to Your 2nd Grader
- Books to Grow With
- Social and Emotional Learning
- The Nature of Children's Play
Imaginary Friends
- When Your Child's New Friend is Imaginary (NYU Child Study Center)
- Imaginary Friends (Greater Good Science Center)
- Living With Your Child's Imaginary Friend
Friendship Across Development
- Social and Emotional Development: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
- Social and Emotional Growth: The First Five Years
- Your 1st Grader's Social Life
- Your 2nd Grader's Social Life
- Your 3rd Grader's Social Life
- Your 4th Grader's Social Life
- Your 5th Grader's Social Life
- Your Middle Schooler's Social Life
- Making Friends in Middle School
- Gender Differences: Middle School
- Social Graces: What to Expect in 5th Grade
Peer Pressure
Supporting Your Child Socially
- When a Child Feels Left Out or Lonely
- Helping Children Make Friends
- How Parents Can Facilitate Social Success for Their Children
- Policies That Work Well When Children Get Together (Hand in Hand)
- Help Your Child Feel Comfortable in Social Situations
- A Friendship Clinic for Kids with ADHD
- Teach Your Child to Make Peace
- Help Your Child Build Healthy Relationships
- Helping Your Child to Share (Hand in Hand)
- The Ups and Downs of Friendships: When Parents Don’t Like Their Child's Friends
- Know Your Child's Friends and Their Parents
- Argument or Bullying?
- Sibling Revelry: Raising Kids Who Get Along
Helping Children with Sharing
The Importance of Children's Play
- Top 10 Tips for Choosing Toys (Lekotek)
- Play: It's the Way Young Children Learn (Action Alliance for Children)
- The Nature of Children's Play (ERIC)
- The Power of Play: Promoting Play in the Home (Parents' Choice Foundation)
- Stuck in the Same Type of Play (Hand in Hand)
- Child's Play (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Play: Boys and Guns (Boys' Learning)
- Guidelines for Distinguishing Aggression from Play Fighting (Committee for Children)
