Focusing on the Child Social Skills

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1. Explain what you think are the most important social skills in our society. How would you begin to teach them to infants and toddlers?
Social behaviors have different stages. “The first stage of psychosocial development is trust” (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2009). These stages include trust, autonomy, and initiative. Trust is gained when an infant feels that all his or her needs are met. For example, the mother pick the baby up when it is crying. The mother give the baby food when it is hungry. The mother change the baby diaper when he or she is dirty. This is how infants become social. The infant is able to communicate with the parent by crying. The second stage of psychosocial development is autonomy.
“Autonomy, occurs as the growing infant reaches the second year and begins to move around in the environment” (Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2009). During this stage children are able to try things on their own. For example, they may try to use their own potty. Some of the babies are trying to be more independent. This mean they try to do things without their parents help.
Social skills is very important for children to learn. Social skills are needed to participate in society. As we know, you must be able to communicate in order to be social. Children who work in groups are learning their social skills and they can work with and cooperate with others. “Research shows that social skills and emotional development (reflected in the ability to pay attention, make transitions from one activity to another, and cooperate with others) are a very important part of school readiness”(PBS).
The final stage in the social development initiative. In this stage children are trying to find out how to do things alone. The preschool age child doesn’t want ...

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...g consistent. For instance, in my house we have a schedule. Every day the children come home they eat a snack first. Then, the children do their homework. After their homework they play for about two hours. When the children are done playing they eat dinner. After, dinner it is time to take a bath and then read a story before bed.
Another way to promote prosocial is to allow your child to want to help other. For instance, taking your child to donate items to homeless people. This help your child learn that it is good to help others. You can also be a good remodel to your child. Children learn from what they see. “Model the behavior you want young children to acquire”(Gonzalez-Mena & Eyer, 2009); Let’s say someone help you put air in your tire. You told the person “thank you” and you gave them a few dollars. There are different ways to help children learn prosocial.

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