And now it ems that any bes doted in kindergarten disappear altogether by middle school. Using a metric called “peer nomination,” in which youths are asked to identify their friends by name, Dr. Downey and Dr. Bobbitt-Zeher drew on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolest Health, with a sample size of 13,466 students in 7th through 12th grades. They then ted hoeople named eadividual as a friend. This was ud to proximate social skills sihe socially i would be uo have lots of friends. The result: children without siblings had just as many friends as children with siblings.
“I e the two studies as a natural progression, showing what happens to the only children who didn’t have mutera before kindergarten,” Dr. Downey said. Audy he is w on shows that the same only children evaluated in kindergarten had caught up by fifth grade.
While the studies don’t examihe cau for the disappearing social boost to kindergartners with siblings, Dr. Downey speculates that tinuing school, youth clubs and roup activities — especially in an era of overscheduled children — provide ample opportunity for onlys to sharpen their skills.
And now it ems that any bes doted in kindergarten disappear altogether by middle school. Using a metric called “peer nomination,” in which youths are asked to identify their friends by name, Dr. Downey and Dr. Bobbitt-Zeher drew on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolest Health, with a sample size of 13,466 students in 7th through 12th grades. They then ted hoeople named eadividual as a friend. This was ud to proximate social skills sihe socially i would be uo have lots of friends. The result: children without siblings had just as many friends as children with siblings.
“I e the two studies as a natural progression, showing what happens to the only children who didn’t have mutera before kindergarten,” Dr. Downey said. Audy he is w on shows that the same only children evaluated in kindergarten had caught up by fifth grade.
While the studies don’t examihe cau for the disappearing social boost to kindergartners with siblings, Dr. Downey speculates that tinuing school, youth clubs and roup activities — especially in an era of overscheduled children — provide ample opportunity for onlys to sharpen their skills.