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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 Toxic Friends, Who Needs Enemies?
We all know that friends are one of life’s great joys, but what you may not know is how important cultivating ...
Source: St. Louis Children's Hospital
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Craig Kennedy on Peer Supports for Disabled Students
Students helping other students learn has been proven to boost academic achievement and social skills in students with ...
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Games for Toddlers
Toddlers learn by playing and they learn a lot between ages 1 and 3. At 1, a child may be working on a wobbly walk and ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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The Work of Abraham Maslow
Psychologist Abraham Maslow described a hierarchy of needs that he argued provides a model for understanding the need ...
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Making Friends in a New City
Moving your family and children to a new school or new town can be a difficult change, especially for the children. ...
Source: Education.com
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Friendships During the Preschool and Childhood Years
During early childhood, the main ingredients in forming friendships are opportunity and similarity. To become friends, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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
