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Characteristics of Social development during childhood and adolescence
- Social growth in childhood and adolescence enables people to become more self-aware and to understand themselves better.
- Between the ages of three and six, children begin to build their sense of self. They become more conscious of their unique qualities and sense of self in relation to others.
- Children and adolescents are when people begin to form opinions about their own competence and value.
- Additionally, around this time, people begin to hone their social skills and problem-solving talents.
- Children begin to regulate their emotions and become aware of them, and they are able to do so.
- The ability to manage their emotions and outbursts through coping mechanisms helps children and adolescents develop socially so they can adapt to society.
- Children abandon their egocentric behaviour when they enter preschool and begin to acquire empathy through social development.
