The family was on a ZOOM call. As I watched the very youngest of our family play and be children on the call while their parents struggled to keep them in line, I thought about how important we believe it to be to teach social skills. A properly socialized child is vital to making it a valued member of your larger community and family.
In some ways training, a child is easier than teaching an adult or adolescent. One reason is that the child is essentially a “blank slate”, untroubled by past training techniques and other issues.
One of the challenges of helping a child socialize is that children are more easily distractible than adolescents, and adults. Everything is new to a child, and every new experience provides a new chance for distraction. For this reason, it is best to new social interactions short when working with a child, and to end each on a positive note.
It is also important to allow the child plenty of time to play, and to interact with others. Socialization training is vital to making your new child a good citizen. A properly socialized human learns how to play properly with others, where they learn that overly aggressive play will be punished by the others in the group.
This type of play learning is something that happens among siblings. As children play with each other, they learn what is appropriate and what is not. Inappropriate behaviour is punished by the others in the group or by the parents, or both.
Introducing your child to new experiences and new locations is also an important part of learning. One great way to socialize your child to new people is to take them on a trip. The new sensations and visualization are important to help structure, which is important for children.
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