Play Strategies in Social Skills Development

Social Skills.Social skills are an essential part of human activity. Caballo (2003) points out that social skills affect self-esteem, the adoption of roles, self-regulation of behavior, school performance, and other aspects both in childhood and in adult life.It is worth mentioning that social skills are learned throughout the life cycle, so that certain behaviors of children to relate to their peers, be kind or react aggressively, among others, depend on the socialization process, this process begins at the birth of the child, during breastfeeding are configured a kind of dialogue between the behavior of the mother and child. Mothers tend to interact with their child following a pattern of activity and sucking pause. This evidence indicates that the basis of the primary socialization interaction occurs in the mother's sensitivity to this period and her willingness to adapt to this model.