FRIENDSHIP SKILLS

FRIENDSHIP SKILLS

Friendship skill is one of the social competencies that one should acquire. For preschool children, friendship is limited to behaviors such as being together or playing together. Friendship generally includes attitudes and behaviors such as love, respect, attachment, tolerance, responsibility, initiating conversation, listening, assertiveness, initiating effective and appropriate communication, reacting and responding to interaction, getting along well, giving, sharing, helping friends (helping friends and asking for help when needed), respecting the rights of others, defending one's own rights, compromise, and paying attention to social justice.

It also includes recognizing emotions, understanding the emotions of others, being sensitive to emotions (empathy), expressing love, and trying not to conflict with others. Basically, friendship skills are acquired through learning and education.

Three-year-old children begin to develop a social personality. They join small groups of friends and play games based on simple cooperation and coordination. They start sharing toys and participate in their friends' games.

Four- and five-year-old children usually choose friends from their own gender in a more mature way than three-year-old children. They are influenced by their friends' behaviors, and they also influence their friends. They generally want to do what their friends do. They learn to like, give, share, cooperate, coordinate, and wait in games. They play group games and follow the rules. They show a friendly approach.