New research shows friends help decrease anxiety, ward away the blues and boost our children’s resilience. Here are research-based steps to help kids learn essential friendship-making skills to enhance their social competence,  fit in, and be less-likely to be excluded and bullied so you know what to do if your child says, “Nobody likes me, [...]

Parenting advice to help kids make new friends and fit into a new classroom, school, neighborhood or social scene. Adjusting to any new social scene can isn’t always easy. But having all new classmates, transitioning to a new school or most of all moving to a whole new community can be tough. And oh how [...]

HOW STRONG ARE YOUR CHILD’S FRIENDSHIP SKILLS? Let’s face it, friends do matter. Research says those friends play an enormous part of our children’s self-esteem as well as happiness quotient. But research also says friends impact our children’s resilience, school success as well as just plain ability to get along in life. This week I [...]

Some kids just seem to make friends easily. They’re invited to birthday parties, attend the sleepovers, are chosen first for teams, and are sought after as everyone’s friend. If we could peek into their future, we’d see them continuing to succeed socially throughout their school years, as well as for the rest of their lives. [...]