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Pretty Peer Relationships


Peer relationships are significant in child development and character formation. A positive peer relationship can significantly contribute to their personal development. If your child is an introvert, he or she may struggle to fit in with any peer group. Your child's complaint should not be ignored by his or her parents. Do not make them feel it's their fault or negative; instead, make them understand the ways of building a pleasant relationship with classmates.


Here are some parenting tips for encouraging peer relationships.


Provide a healthy picture of classroom relationships.

If your child is starting school for the first time, teach him the appropriate behaviors, manners, and respect to exhibit in a classroom with peers and teachers. They should be provided with a brief session before going to school. Make them understand it's their time to be strong and independent, to stay apart from the family, and to enjoy the beautiful period with many different people. Teach them to talk with their peers politely and to be kind. Dictate to them the significance of sharing with their friends, which in turn helps them not to become selfish and greedy.



Encourage a single effort

When your toddler makes an effort to interact with his or her peers and try to get along with them, this is worthy of praise. A single effort can mark an improvement in their personality. Do not dissuade your kid from doing anything good his heart desires, let them explore the new world. Some kids may get entwined easily with their peers, but for some, it took time to know and get involved in a peer relationship. Always get connected with them, probe for information, and encourage whenever needed.



Praise the good in them.

Tell them about their positive traits and characteristics and make them feel unique about themselves. If your kid is loving, kind, or supportive, tell him it's their special trait and that it helps them build congenial and long-lasting relationships. Speaking about their good qualities and deeds would help boost their confidence and self-esteem and help them stay strong and hopeful in life. Teach them to be generous and open-hearted when making friends and tell them not to be afraid to share and support them when they need it.



Let them know that creating solid friendships takes time.

Anyone can make friends quickly and chitchat to have fun. However, make it clear to them that developing strong relationships takes time and effort, and that once established, they are permanent. Strong bonds are formed when true hearts are connected. Make them feel like friendship is a beautiful relationship, and make it count as time goes on. A piece of advice on making bonds with peers should be given to your tot.



Promote group learning.

Encouraging group learning among peers helps dig out fruitful skills in them. It brings collaboration, engagement, and commitment within the group. For some, it's a performing stage that would accelerate their teamwork spirit, leadership quality, expressing skills, and learning behavior. A fruitful group learning practice allows a child to step outside of his or her comfort zone and interact well with peers. They began to learn together, solve problems, and work on themselves in this manner.

Let's discuss the significance of peer relationships

Isn't it more lovely to refer to peer relationships as friendship? Yes, the friendship makes it easier to connect with the children. This relationship has an immense role in shaping the character of your toddler. Now let's have a look at the significance of peer relationships.


  1. Social-emotional development: If a child has a positive classroom relationship, he has learned how to behave in a social group, which is essential for healthy social-emotional development. Classroom is a small social group where the kid can interact with peers coming from different cultures.
  2. Learn essential social skills: Skills such as cooperation, empathy, respect, and communication began to develop in your toddler. They become efficient in interacting the people around them and gain the problem-solving ability at different changes of life.
  3. Learn to understand people: They come to know the real character of people and through years they would understand whom they should trust and not to.
  4. It keeps them positive: Being around good and positive people keeps them refreshed and calm. Whatever they did, their thoughts and actions would reflect this positivity. Thus, positive peer relations would make a kid better person.
  5. Learn new skills: In a peer group they will start doing activities they haven't done early. They took challenging tasks and learnt to outperform and develop their qualities in a better way.
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