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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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With Friends Like These...
It's normal and healthy for children to have imaginary friends, explain Marjorie Taylorand Alison B. Shawber. But what ...
Source: Greater Good Magazine
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Tips for Parents: Friendships of Gifted Elementary School Children
Dr. Fred Frankel explores issues that children who are gifted and talented have in making and keeping friendships and ...
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Keeping in Touch: Maintaining High School Friendships at College
As the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" fade away, you realize that nothing will ever be the same. You're ...
Source: National Association for College Admission Counseling
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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 ...
Source: Dr. Robert Brooks
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Moving On
In our highly mobile society, families move across state lines all the time. Psychologists say relocating is one of the ...
Source: Education.com
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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 ...
Source: Education.com
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Measuring Kindergarteners' Social Competence
Social competence is the degree to which children adapt to their school and home environments. Social competence in ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Caring and Sharing
Learning to care for or share with others can be difficult for young children because they are so focused on ...
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Conflict Resolution For Kids
We hear them shouting and we come running. Then, we hear, “He said, he did” or “She said, she ...
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Your 2nd Grader's Social Life
If your second grader is an angel at home and a dream in the classroom, it's easy to assume that there's smooth sailing...
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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 4th Grader's Social Life
For most kids, the transition to fourth grade is like merging into a social fast lane. Gone are the comforts of early...
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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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Tips for Parents: How to Make and Keep Friends - Promoting Pro-Social Behavior
Source: Davidson Young Scholar Seminar Kara McGoey discusses promoting the pro-social behavior of profoundly gifted...
