How to Help Kids Make Friends

6 Tips to Help Your Child Make New Friends

Introduction Making friends is a crucial skill for all ages.

For children, parents play a big role in teaching children

how to make friends. It takes a lot of skills for children to be natural

conversation starters. Children who easily become friends with other kids often

have traits like caring, sharing, empathy, moral reasoning and helpfulness. For overall growth and development, it is important to

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6 Tips to Help Your Child Make New Friends 1. Build social skills: Social skills don't come naturally, it needs to be taught. Many times, children stimulate a strong desire for friendship towards certain peers. Starting a conversation, being friendly with classmates, understanding the value of sharing and giving will create a good crux for initiating a friendship.

2. Teach politeness: Teach words like please and thank you. Being polite will attract other children to engage with your kid and learn something new every day.

3. Indulge in sports/activities: Games, sports and interactive activities are a natural conversation starter and help in breaking the ice. Having a common goal in sports can help children to automatically indulge in having a conversation.

6 Tips to Help Your Child Make New Friends 4. Children learn, what they see: Inviting your own friends over, having dinner and a conversation will naturally catch the child’s attention. Since children see and learn from grown-ups, they will understand the know-hows of talking and maintaining a friendship.

5. Avoid overreacting: Children’s social rejection might be agitating to you at first, but it's essential not to overact. Children’s emotions and feelings change rapidly, and small incidents matter to them. So when your child comes backs home and says I hate my 'x' friend, and next week says that 'x' is my best friend, it’s pretty normal. Children are constantly learning.

6 Tips to Help Your Child Make New Friends 6. Take a stand:

Generally, children are shy, and it might be difficult to make friends immediately. But few red flags could indicate that something might be wrong. Crying, a withdrawn behavior when other children are around, or getting terrified of school, might be a few signs that you need to talk to the teachers and have a watch on your child's friends also.

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