How Do I Help My 5 Year-old Who is Struggling with Friends at School?

Parenting Beyond Discipline

Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist

Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.4 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It's heartbreaking as a parent when you hear your child say kids are being mean at school or that they have no friends. A mom wrote in for guidance on how to help her 5-year-old daughter navigate these tricky waters of social connections at school. Erin covers 3 key areas where parents can coach and prepare kids, and when and how to step in to improve your child's social experiences at school, along with some really important information about social development that can help parents help their kids.

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0:00.0	Now, when I said in the beginning that I felt like this is one of the hardest parts of parenting,
0:05.3	this is the part I really meant.
0:08.3	Navigating social relationships outside the family where we don't have the same kind of
0:12.5	influence that we do at home.
0:14.9	Supporting them through tough feelings, helping them with conflict resolution with us or
0:19.5	with siblings or even a play date at our house
0:22.0	or when we're with them at another house or at the park?
0:24.5	That's one thing.
0:26.1	When it's a struggle they're having outside of our jurisdiction, we can feel helpless.
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