10 Social Smart Skills Your Child Needs

RAISING SOCIALLY SMART KIDS: THE SKILLS YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO THRIVE Your child can be brilliant, get excellent grades and still struggle badly with people. They may not know how to greet properly, read a room, join a conversation, handle disagreement, make friends, respond to teasing, set boundaries or recognise when their behaviour is making others uncomfortable. And no, these skills do not automatically appear because a child is growing up. Social intelligence is taught, modelled and practised. In this episode of **The Visionary Parents with Enimien Oruebor**, we are talking about what it really takes to raise children who know how to conduct themselves around different people, navigate social situations confidently and build healthy relationships without losing themselves in the process. We will look at the everyday social skills parents often overlook, the behaviours that make children difficult to relate with, how parents may unknowingly reinforce poor social habits, and what you can start doing at home to raise a child who is socially aware, respectful, confident and emotionally intelligent. Because the world will not only ask your child, *“What do you know?”* It will also ask: **Can you work with people? Can you communicate? Can you handle rejection? Can you disagree without becoming disrespectful? Can you read the room? Can you stand your ground without becoming rude? Can you recognise when someone else needs space?** Academic success may open doors. *Social intelligence can dete*