Encourage or insist that kids play and work with each other: Allowing kids the freedom to be kids is part of the message here but parents have to be cunning with the NEW CHILD and construct situations where kids have to get on with each other. For some kids “Go outside and play” is a good place to start!
Play with your kids: Interact with your kids through games and other means so you can help kids learn directly from you how to get on with others.
Talk about these skills: If you notice your kids need to develop some of these skills then talk about them, point out when they show them and give them some implementation ideas.
Here are twelve essential skills that children have identified as being important for making and keeping friends:
Play with your kids: Interact with your kids through games and other means so you can help kids learn directly from you how to get on with others.
Talk about these skills: If you notice your kids need to develop some of these skills then talk about them, point out when they show them and give them some implementation ideas.
Here are twelve essential skills that children have identified as being important for making and keeping friends:
- Ability to share possessions and space
- Keeping confidences and secrets
- Offering to help
- Accepting other’s mistakes
- Being positive and enthusiastic
- Starting a conversation
- Winning and losing well
- Listening to others
- Starting and maintaining a conversation
- Ignoring someone who is annoying you
- Cooperating with others
- Giving and receiving compliments