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Working with school-age children encouraging friendship
If you are concerned about a child making enough friends, stop to consider whether the child just has a different social style. For example, a child may prefer one or two close friends rather than a wide circle of friends. One style is not better than another. United States
Encouraging friendships
Families, school personnel and community staff each play a role in encouraging the growth of friendships between children, both with and without disabilities. United States
Children's friendships
While children's relationships between adults and siblings are very important, friendships with other children often have a big effect on a child's social development. Friendships with other children can meet a lot of children's needs. Australia
Good friendships don't just happen
Children's friendships are the training ground for adult relationships. Helping children establish friendships begins with an involved parent. United States
Strategies for increasing positive peer interactions
Providing young children with prompts and cues to engage in social behaviours has been shown over time to increase their positive social behaviours with their peers.
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Having friends-making friends-keeping friends
The single best childhood predictor of adult adaptation is not academic success, or classroom behavior, but rather, the adequacy with which the child gets along with other children.
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