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Helping Your Child Make Friends |
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Parenting Tips on June 17 Fox 4 Morning News: Helping Your Child Make Friends
No child likes to be the odd man out on the playground. Learning positive friendship skills can help a child feel happier and more confident. Tune in to Fox 4 on Tuesday as our parenting expert gives ideas on how to help our children develop good friendship skills.
Good Friendship Skills
- Gives suggestions – organize play
- Shares toys and other materials
- Takes turns
- Is helpful
- Gives compliments
- Understands how and when to apologize
- Begins to empathize
Helping Your Child Develop Friendship Skills
- Help child to give put-ups, not put-downs
- Use descriptive praise on their activities
- Model friendship skills
- Help them to recognize, deal with strong emotions
- Teach the skill of being helpful, not hurtful
View video of our parenting segments from the past six-eight weeks by visiting Fox 4's website and typing "parenting expert" into the search box.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 June 2011 )
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