Since the beginning of our pandemic, we have become more socially isolated. At first, there was an immense relief for children with social anxiety because they were not allowed to get together in ...

Here are some of camp’s benefits: Develops lifelong skills: During summer camp, children participate in a variety of group activities. Children learn how to work on a team, communicate with other ...

Are children born with an impulse to be social? It’s commonly believed that children are born, morally, as blank slates and must be taught from an early age to be prosocial. But while parents should ...

One important social skill is the ability to pay attention to another person while you’re interacting with them. A long-term study of more than 300 teenagers found that those with the heaviest screen ...

A Hong Kong professor has developed an educational program using role-playing robots to help children with autism improve their social skills, part of an initiative adopted by non-profit groups and ...

There are many lessons we've learned in life that's come directly from our parents. Things like how to manage money, setting boundaries with people, and learning when to walk away from things that don ...

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...

Social media, generative artificial intelligence, and other advances in digital technology are already dramatically influencing how kids develop social-emotional skills. A majority of educators ...

(Family Features) While adults may joke about needing to relearn how to be around others in a post-pandemic world, children can also benefit from a refresh of certain soft skills – especially young ...

Children of divorce have poorer math and interpersonal social skills than their peers, and they battle anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem and sadness, according to new research published Thursday in ...

Try not to fret. There’s much to be gained from time with family, or even on their own. By Emily Sohn Before the coronavirus pandemic began, Michael Munson’s 3-year-old son saw a group of close ...