Children's Friendships The Beginnings of Intimacy [Paperback]

Drawing on evidence from studies on both sides of the Atlantic, this beautifully written book from Judy Dunn, the leading international authority on childhood development, considers the nature and significance of children’s early friendships.

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• accessible and comprehensive book on friendship, beautifully written by a world authority;
  
• features a foreword by Jerome Bruner, one of the most influential psychologists alive today;
  
• stresses the importance of friendships to young children and considers the implications of friendship for our understanding of children’s development more generally;
  
• draws out the practical implications for parents, teachers and those who care for children;
  
• considers how to help children with friendship difficulties and what to do about 'trouble-making' friendships and bullying;
  
• latest addition to the Understanding Children’s Worlds series.

Foreword – Jerome S. Bruner.

List of figures.

Acknowledgements.

Friends matter.

Beginnings.

Friends within a social world: the early years.

Differences in children’s friendships: links with social understanding.

With a little help from my friends.

Intrigues, bullying, rejection and loneliness.

Girls, boys and friendship.

Parents and Friends.

Siblings and friends.

Implications.

Appendix: How can parents help children over friendship difficulties?.

Notes.

References.

Name index.