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Use reading to build your child’s social skills
Aug 04, 2009 | By Gillian FitzGerald
Reading can do more than develop your child's literacy. It also can be used to boost your child's social skills. Seriously. Recent research reported on CNN shows that the more you talk to your children from a young age about other people's feelings, wants and beliefs, the better your child's ...