ABSTRACT
It has often been said that adults who can get along with others in the workplace are more valued as employees than those who might know more but are harder to handle. Skill in human interaction begins at birth, as infants read the responses they receive from family members and adjust their behavior accordingly. Given their lack of experience, they sometimes misread the cues they receive and respond inappropriately. It is then up to the family to correct misperceptions, and of course, some families are better at this than others. As children arrive in our centers and schools, their growing social skills and emotional health are largely the result of this fairly complex pattern of human interaction. Now, to their list of people they need to get along with, youngsters must add the larger society of their peers and teachers. To make their days with us happy ones and to help children on their way to adult social success, we need to assist them in the most positive ways possible.
