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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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Know Your Odds: How Middle School Kids Get Hurt
Kids get hurt in lots of ways during the middle years. Some of the biggest risks include sex, drugs, depression and ...
Source: EduGuide
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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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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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Living With Your Child's Imaginary Friend
Imagine a friend who goes everywhere you want to go, does everything you want to do, and always takes your side. ...
Source: Education.com
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Why Good Friendships Matter
Every parent of a teenager understands the relevance of appropriate friends. But what about young children?
Source: Education.com
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Parenting Solutions: Bad Friends
The Problem Red Flags Chooses pals with different values or inappropriate behaviors who influence your child's behavior ...
Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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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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Peer Pressure
Clear Rules, Decisionmaking, Peer PressureMany parents think they should start talking about drugs and alcohol when ...
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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 Middle Schooler's Social Life
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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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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 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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Caring and Sharing
Learning to care for or share with others can be difficult for young children because they are so focused on themselves....
