4 Benefits Of Having Friends In Building Children's Characters
JAKARTA - Children learn and imitate their parents. This statement is undeniable. However, apart from parents, children also learn from their friends. Friends are one of the essential things in the growing period of children. From friendship, children learn a lot about themselves and social life.
If you see your child with other children playing around and looking normal like nothing else is going on, you're not completely right. That's when he was learning a lot of meaningful things for his character formation.
ung Kennedy-Moore, Ph.D., a psychologist from New Jersey who focuses on children's care and social and emotional development, reported by Parents.com, shares information about what children learn from friendship.
In elementary school age, children generally have chosen friends based on similar interests, for example both like to play football, or both like ballet. Friendship makes them aware that they are liked and accepted by some people. This will help them see themselves as fun individuals and can grow self-esteem or their self-esteem.
Friends are someone who is happy or sad. Friends can help children when they face problems. Friends will protect them when they face something difficult. Children who have at least one friend tend not to experience depression and are protected from potential bullying.
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A study conducted by the University of Missouri shows that children who have high quality friendships will use more strategies to solve problems such as discussing problems with their friends. That is, friendship gives children the opportunity to train their skills in solving problems. Friendship also gives them the opportunity to resolve disputes. They can learn to negotiate, compromise, adapt, and accept, forgive, and apologize.
Friendship teaches children to act beyond personal interests. They need to respond to the interests and feelings of their other friends. This is very important so that he still has friends and is accepted by his friends.