Read about this interesting issue here: ChildrensSocialSkills
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Monday, 21 May 2012
O2 #2 How to Improve Children's Social Skills (via BigThink)
The basics of social behavior come from the brain’s emotional system, which is an important contributor to empathy and morality from infancy through adulthood. Babies often cry when they hear another baby crying, because knowing that another person is unhappy makes them feel bad. Even rats will work to help another rat who seems to be in distress. So some precursors of social skills are probably built into the brain, but experience also influences how well children understand and respond to the needs of other people.
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