Children pick up on facial expression recognition, emotional interpretation, and fundamental communication skills. Their social IQ keeps growing as they enter the preschool years and get better at interacting with others.

The ability to comprehend and successfully navigate their social interactions is referred to as the social IQ of toddlers and preschoolers during this time. Children actively gain social skills during the developing stage, which helps them lay the groundwork for their future interpersonal interactions. Despite not being a standardised measurement like intelligence quotient (IQ), social IQ must take into account a variety of social and emotional intelligence skills. During this period, toddlers often start displaying social behaviour including taking turns, sharing, and exhibiting empathy for others. Children acquire the ability to perceive facial expressions, comprehend emotions, and use simple language. Their social IQ keeps growing as they enter the preschool years and get better at interacting with others. Through more complicated play, teamwork, and peer relationships, preschoolers broaden their social horizons. As they learn to resolve disputes and bargain with their peers, they also begin to comprehend societal norms, conventions, and expectations. Essential social skills including empathy, perspective-taking, and comprehending social hierarchies must be developed during the preschool years.

The development of infants' and preschoolers' social intelligence depends critically on constructive social interactions and nurturing circumstances. Parents are given three suggestions by experts on how to raise the social IQ of their preschoolers and toddlers. The key to social intelligence is learning to comprehend both oneself and others.

Teach your child ‘why’ certain people make certain choices

Certain choices taken by some people have a negative impact on your child, start expanding the conversation by helping your toddler understand why someone might have made the choices. In the meantime, it does not excuse that person’s behaviour (even if the speculation is true), but it eventually helps your child to expand their understanding of others. It also helps the child to prevent personalising other’s behaviour.

Teach your youngster "why" particular people make particular decisions.

Your child is negatively impacted by some decisions made by other people. To continue the dialogue, help your toddler comprehend the possible reasons why these decisions were made. Even if the rumour is accurate, it does not excuse that person's actions in the interim, but it eventually aids in your child's ability to broaden their perspective on other people. The child benefits from not personalising other people's actions.

TRY TO LISTEN ATTENTIVELY WHEN YOUR TODDLER TELLS YOU RELATIONAL STORIES

Children learn best when they try to emulate us. So, you should teach your child how to be a good communicator when you:

• Take your time and listen to your child, try to understand their perspective

• Acknowledging their feelings and choices

• Point out their body language

The fact is relationships are complicated and understanding the nuance takes teaching and experience.

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE POWER OF CHOICE.

During toddlerhood, teach and regularly reinforce the concept of choices to them. To have any choice means:

• Several options to review and choose from

• In a short time, the goal should be to choose the most responsible and

helpful choice

• You do not need to be perfect, try and practice to give your best

• Depending on the choice that you take, will have certain consequences, it can be good or bad

Ways to teach these skills:

• Try to give your toddler some simple choices to make to practice this skill

• You should try to point out other’s choices and its consequence for your child

• Always try to share the thought process of your choices with your child

• Read books to your child which teach such concept