Social Development

18 months Independence Family members closest to them They need to learn about outside world Little interaction between children Parallel play Satisfy what they want without regard to others

2 years Understand and interacting with caregivers Can read person’s moods and gauge behavior Communicate with others as speech develops Fun to play with others but still parallel play Sharing/taking turns Like to receive praise from others

2.5 years Rights of others Fairness (at first what is fair to them) Bickering frequent but brief Child may not do anything for one person but do things happily for another

3 years People are important Share, help, do things other person’s way Cooperative and associative play! Seek friends of their own May prefer some friends over others

3.5 years Play becomes complex and conversations Disagreements are less often Enjoy company Take notice at what other’s like