If you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might find making and keeping friends, talking to co-workers, or just saying the right things in a social setting difficult or awkward.
In today's world, parents worry about their child's ability to be successful in social situations. With the addition of video gaming and social media platforms, children do not have the same access to ...
Educators have a pretty bleak outlook on how social media is affecting their students’ social-emotional skills and overall well-being. And that bleak outlook carries over to their adult colleagues as ...
Are children born with an impulse to be social? It’s commonly believed that children are born, morally, as blank slates and must be taught from an early age to be prosocial. But while parents should ...
Technology’s effect on children’s social skills and well-being has caused a lot of hand-wringing over the years—and parents’ and educators’ concerns have only grown with the pandemic as students have ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of parenting and health. When news of Covid-19 first started circulating, no one believed it would ...
School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic have "severely ruptured" the social and emotional development of some of the world's poorest children, as well as their academic progress, new evidence ...
Making friends as an adult can be challenging thanks to competing responsibilities, fewer built-in social structures and less practice. Below, experts share helpful tips for how to improve your social ...