Significance of peer relationship problems in childhood

In his 1917 sixteen-volume series Practical Child Training, educator R. C. Beery offered advice to mothers whose children have few friends and are reticent to approach others. Beery urged mothers to facilitate get-togethers with peers, such as backyard picnics that include the child’s schoolmates, and to help the children “have a royal good time” (p. 1325). Beery also suggested what to do when a child is fearful about approaching other children: “If your child ever comes to you to bury his head in your skirts, you should not scold or make any scene, but simply appear to pay no attention to him” (p. 741).

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