Social Development for Kids

It is the process in which children learn to interact with others around them. This area of development focuses on learning how to manage and regulate feelings and impulses in order to improve interactions with others.

Benefits may include positive self-regard, learning how to make and maintain positive friendships, and learning how to better manage disappointments such as coping with a disagreement. 

Every child benefits from social development. It is an important part of our healthy development.

Social development is useful for all children throughout their childhood and adolescence, as it helps to develop social-communication skills, empathy and self-confidence.  Many children now need this work as there may have been opportunities lost at critical times because of the pandemic or ongoing periods of isolation.