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Your child’s social development is important to you. You recognize the value of having friends, both for enjoyment and for avoiding asocial or anti-social behavior. You are beginning to be concerned about your daughter’s lack of social skills.

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1			Your 11-year-old daughter is painfully shy. She has trouble making and keeping friends because she doesn’t want to be part of a group. She prefers to have one friend at a time, but she wears them out with her need to keep them from becoming friendly with others. She is not involved in any extracurricular activities. What could you do to promote your daughter’s self-esteem and to encourage her to participate in more social activities? Write three suggestions in the space below.