For children, making friends is a vital part of growing up. Even more, it is essential to their social and emotional development.
But their social skills don’t develop automatically. How well they learn to make positive interactions with others depend on a variety of factors, including their relationship with their family.
Research suggests that parents play a key role in helping children make friends. Here are some tips to get started:
Introduce to your child the idea of friendships as soon as possible.
Making friends should not begin in pre-school. Even when your child is still an infant or toddler, you can introduce the idea of friendships by allowing him to interact with other babies. Right in their playmats, children can learn to play, cooperate, share, and mingle with each other
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