ABSTRACT
Being sociable involves a lot of emotional energy. It requires an investment of the senses, the use of memory and recall, as well as the conscious, active engagement with another person. As adults we have, whether we are aware of it or not, a duty to model how to be a competent social being in the world in which we live both to our children and the children that we might be responsible for. As parents and practitioners, we should be acutely aware of the need for our children to become adept at being socially acceptable to their peers and the wider world around them. We are crucially placed to provide them with opportunities to see, practise and discover what sociable language and behaviour looks and feels like.
