 In his more than twenty-five years of longitudinal research in the field of friendship and peer influence, Kenneth Rubin has discovered that our children's ability to navigate their social world shapes all aspects of their emotional and intellectual growth and is crucial to their future happiness and success. While reassuring readers that most worries are based on normal developmental phases, Dr. Rubin shows that the ability to connect socially is something children learn and can develop over time. The Friendship Factor deals with:
• The difference between popularity and friendship
• Accepting your child's social style and temperment
• The unwritten rules of playground politics
• Helping both withdrawn and aggressive children
• The dynamics of bullying and how to stop it .
336 pages. 2003 |
