The Friendship Connection: Helping kids fit in
Ivanhoe Newswire
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Studies show as many as 15 to 20 percent of kindergarten students are socially rejected or ostracized by peers. With many students learning remotely during the pandemic, parents are worried that kids who were already having peer difficulties could backslide.
Dawna Miller has lots of mom experience. She’s an adoptive parent of eight. Still, when her son Braiden started school, she had no idea he was miserable.
“Then the parent-teacher conference a few months in, they’re like, he cries every day,” Dawna shared.
Braiden was anxious and struggling socially at a time that experts say is critical for development.