Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For generations, we took social skills for granted. Parents just assumed that, through regular interaction with adults and peers ...

It’s 7:00 p.m. on a Tuesday. You ask if homework is done and hear, “I don't have any” or “I did it at school.” You know it’s probably not true, so you insist on seeing their assignment notebook or ...

Some kids are naturally chatty. Others feel awkward and self-conscious when talking with people they don’t know well. They freeze up and say nothing or mutter one-word answers. For shy kids, casually ...

For generations, we took social skills for granted. Parents just assumed that, through regular interaction with adults and peers at school and at home, their children would learn how to interact and ...