How COVID Affects Toddlers' Social Development

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Kate Garlinge

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🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

With preschools and daycares in transition and case counts fluctuating, COVID has given parents plenty to worry about. One prominent concern among parents stems from a lack of socialization. None of us are socializing much, but given all the information out there suggesting socialization with other children is important, parents are particularly worried about their children not interacting with peers.

In this episode, we look at how toddlers socialize and how we, as adults, can help them build those skills at home. Jessica Rolph, your host, is joined by Nekole Eaton, a Pediatric Occupational Therapist specializing in child development. You can find her at Kids OT Help on YouTube, where she has built an audience of almost 90,000 subscribers.

Key Takeaways:

[1:22] What kind of socialization most benefits children at a young age?

[3:50] How can parents simulate foundational socialization with their children at home?

[5:02] What can parents do to impart the lessons that come from disagreements when the playgrounds are closed?

[6:11] Is it the same to Zoom a grandparent as it is to watch a show or to play a game?

[8:48] Children can effectively learn basic social skills through caregivers, parents, grandparents, and aunts.

[9:56] Nekole shares how she is socializing her son.

[12:01] On some days, just holding it together during these challenging times is enough.

[14:40] Jessica summarizes the takeaways from her conversation with Nekole.

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:12.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:18.6	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life, a love every podcast.
0:29.0	With preschools and daycares in transition and case counts fluctuating, COVID has given parents
0:34.6	plenty to worry about. One of the concerns I hear frequently stems from a lack of
0:39.5	socialization. None of us are socializing much, but given all the information out there suggesting
0:45.0	socialization with other children is important, parents are particularly worried about their children
0:50.1	not interacting with peers. In this episode, we will look at how toddlers socialize and how we as
0:56.4	adults can help them build those skills at home. I am joined by Nicole Eaton, a pediatric
1:02.0	occupational therapist specializing in child development. You can find her a kid's OT help on YouTube,
1:08.0	where she has built an audience of almost 90,000 subscribers.
1:12.1	Hello, Nicole. Hey, Jess. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you for being with us.
1:17.1	So I wanted to start. Why is it important to start socialization with other children at a young
1:22.3	age? Well, it's interesting. So I will say generally, you know, it's important for children to be socializing because this is how they take in their entire world outside of the family unit, right? They have opportunities to witness and learn important skills like listening and boundaries and emotional regulation. But also, I think it's important to keep in mind that a lot of
1:47.3	that socialization with other children doesn't typically happen until much older than we think.
1:54.0	So a one in a two-year-old isn't doing the same quote-unquote socialization as a three, four, and
2:00.1	five-year-old. So a one-year-old,
2:02.9	you know, let's talk about some of the things that are coming online for them socially. So
2:08.1	they're starting to engage with some basic communication skills. So they are indicating what they
2:14.3	desire by pointing. Maybe they have some words for some items like water,
2:20.3	cup, hug, up. But they're also very, very attached to parents and their immediate family members.
2:27.3	And so in terms of interacting with other children, that is just not quite where they're at
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