Help Your Preschooler Make Friends

Preschool Friendships

How to Encourage Preschool Friendships

 

by Dr. Caron Goode

During the preschool years, children learn a lot, including how to be a friend. Up until now, your child has mostly engaged in parallel play with her peers. Around the age of three, she will begin to show interest in the children around her and perhaps even mimic them. This imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It means she wants to be friends.