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Socializing

Is Your Child Having Difficulty Making Friends?

Social skills in childhood are the group of abilities your child needs to make friends. 

These abilities include perspective-taking, empathy, play skills, sharing and collaboration skills, and communication skills. 

Social development progresses from the early skills of parallel play, to conversation, and finally into the ability to develop deep and lasting friendships. Children having difficulty with social skills likely need help finding common interests with others, starting conversations, or taking the perspective of others. Trouble with social skills can be a trying and even heart-breaking experience for a child and family.

In this section, you will find topics like social presence, conversations, perspective-taking, and insight. Visit this page for general information on social skills.