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 of identity. . . . The difference between a child with close friendships and a child… — 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 with organizational roles, and group support in the enterprise of growing up. Groups also pose for… — 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
