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Positive relationships: A parent's guide to ... Friendship
Nursery World,
3 January 2008
Socialising and developing friendships in the early years takes time and requires sensitivity on the part of the adults concerned.
Practitioners are well placed to give parents some advice on promoting it. Q: How do friendships develop? Children are naturally sociable from birth. Babies use their developing physical and social skills to make contact with others - watch how they enjoy interacting by giving and taking objects, or simply sitting and smiling at each other. Friendships develop gradually through time spent in the company of other children, although it is not until around primary school age that children begin to...
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