Children, then, acquire social skills not so much from adults as from their interactions with one another. They are likely to discover through trial and error which strategies work and which do not, and later to reflect consciously on what… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
Although adults have a role to play in teaching social skills to children, it is often best that they play it unobtrusively. In particular, adults must guard against embarrassing unskilled children by correcting them too publicly and against labeling children… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
Children, then, acquire social skills not so much from adults as from their interactions with one another. They are likely to discover through trial… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
Although adults have a role to play in teaching social skills to children, it is often best that they play it unobtrusively. In particular,… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
Friends serve central functions for children that parents do not, and they play a critical role in shaping children's social skills and their sense… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
Whereas children can learn from their interactions with their parents how to get along in one sort of social hierarchy--that of the family--it is… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
Belonging to a group can provide the child with a variety of resources that an individual friendship often cannot--a sense of collective participation, experience… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
