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Friends and Friendships
IntroductionMost parents recognize how important and how rewarding friendships are in the lives of children. A ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Do Kids Need Friends?
IntroductionHuman beings are social beings. Responsiveness is built in; we come into the world programmed to respond ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Children's Peer Relationships
Children's friendships have inevitable ups and downs. Yet the feelings of satisfaction and security that most children ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Understanding an Adolescent Phenomenon: Teens Click With Their Cliques
Introduction Adolescents intuitively gravitate to cliques. Cliques are developmentally in sync with the tasks of ...
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Types of Children's Conflicts
Today, educators are spending as much time helping children learn nonviolent methods of solving problems as they spend ...
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Teaching Students How To Make Friends
As a teacher, you will use many informal strategies to nurture friendships among students. For a few students, you may ...
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Helping Shy Kids Get the Most Out of Their School Experience
All teachers have had shy students in their classroom. These children are the ones who keep to themselves and quietly ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Peer Influence
There is a lot of talk about the negative influence of "peer groups" on teenagers these days. People often ...
Source: Community Action Network
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Helping Children with LD Find Social Success
"The primary need of all human beings is to be liked and accepted by other human beings," says Richard ...
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Development of Peer Relationships and Interpersonal Understandings
School is very much a social place. In fact, for many students, interacting with and gaining the acceptance of peers ...
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Skills Facilitating Peer Acceptance
Even in infancy and toddlerhood, some children in a group are approached by peers while others may be ignored. ...
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Teaching Tolerance
With their wide-eyed curiosity and innate sense of justice, children are not born prejudiced. Most experts agree that ...
Source: Education.com
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Know Your Child's Friends and Their Parents
A New EraAs children move into middle school and on to high school, they meet new people and experience changes in ...
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Preparing Youth for Peer Pressure
Peer pressure—it’s more than just a phase that young people go through. Whether it leads to pink hair or ...
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Peer Pressure
Clear Rules, Decisionmaking, Peer PressureMany parents think they should start talking about drugs and alcohol when ...
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Helping Your Kindergartener Make Friends
When friends don't come easily, some children get discouraged and their previous excitement about kindergarten turns...
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5 Ways to Promote Preschool Sharing
Here are five ways to get started fostering the important skill of sharing in your preschooler.
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Your Middle Schooler's Social Life
Think fifth grade was a bumpy ride? Welcome to middle school, the roller coaster of puberty, peer pressure, and social...
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5 Reasons Kids Fight
Got a sibling rivalry brewing at home? Before you know what to do, it's good to know why your kids are fighting in the...
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Friendships and Self-Discipline: A Two-Way Street
In our book Raising a Self-Disciplined Child: Help Your Child to Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient,”...
Source: Dr. Robert Brooks
