Social development is primarily the development of social skills: The set of behaviors and attitudes that demonstrate the ability to cooperate with others, understand others’ feelings, interact positively with others, resolve conflicts respectfully, and state opinions, needs and desires appropriately. Social skills involve etiquette and manners. These are words we don’t use much anymore. But Read More
Category: Child Development
Empathy
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird. Empathy: can be defined as the identification of, and understanding of, someone else’s situation and feelings. Empathy is being able to look at Read More
Decision Making
Making decisions is a part of life. The ability to make wise decisions is a combination of: Start with simple choices: For very young children, decision-making may simply be you saying something like: “Would you like juice or water”? That decision is very straightforward, and mostly based on your child’s preference. You can provide simple Read More