Social Rules for Kids The Top 100 Social Rules Kids Need to Succeed 1st edition by Diamond, Sue, MA, CCC 1934575844 9781934575840

Chapter 1 Talking & Listening

Rule #1 Use a Friendly Greeting

Rule #2 Use Chit-Chat With Greetings

Rule #3 Don’t Be a Turn Hog

Rule #4 Be Both a Listener and a Speaker

Rule #5 Know That the Speaker Is Not King or Queen

Rule #6 Listen to the Speaker

Rule #7 Accept Friends’ Answers

Rule #8 Know When to Stay on Topic and When to Change Topics

Rule #9 Don’t Talk Only About Your Favorite Topics

Rule #10 Use Certain Topics With Adults and Others With Kids

Rule #11 Don’t Talk About Trains All the Time

Rule #12 Answer Others’ Questions

Rule #13 Don’t Ask too Many Questions

Rule #14 Know how to Begin a Conversation

Rule #15 Get to the Point

Rule #16 Don’t Use Self-Talk in Public

Chapter 2 Friends

Rule #17 Make a Friend

Rule #18 Choose Someone Who Wants to be Friends

Rule #19 Ask Questions to Get to Know Someone

Rule #20 Compromise With a Friend

Rule #21 Bargain and Negotiate With Friends

Rule #22 Remember What It Takes to Be a Good Friend

Rule #23 Think About how Someone Else Feels

Rule #24 Find a Solution With a Friend

Rule #25 Say No to a Friend

Rule #26 Make Plans to Invite a Friend

Rule #27 Use Rules When a Friend Comes Over

Rule #28 Be a Polite Guest at a Friend’s House

Rule #29 Play Video Games the Right Way

Rule #30 Text Friends the Right Way

Rule #31 Practice Telling Jokes Before Actually Telling Them

Rule #32 Understand That Humor Can Be Different for Boys and Girls

Rule #33 Memorize the Slang/Idiom List

Rule #34 Learn Slang and Idioms

Chapter 3 School

Rule #35 Talk to Other Kids at School

Rule #36 Follow Class Rules

Rule #37 Be Calm if I Give an Incorrect Answer

Rule #38 Ask to Get What I Need

Rule #39 Use a Format for Writing a Paragraph

Rule #40 Solve Math Word Problems

Rule #41 Summarize Stories

Rule #42 Understand and Accept Schedule Changes

Rule #43 Leave the Class When the Teacher Says

Rule #44 Follow Rules When Standing in Line

Rule #45 Watch the kid in Front of Me in Line at Lunch

Rule #46 Don’t Be a Tattle-Tale

Rule #47 Don’t Play Tag in Middle School

Rule #48 Check out School Dances

Chapter 4 Bullying

Rule #49 Watch out for Kids Who Tease

Rule #50 Respond Correctly to Teasing

Rule #51 Try to Ignore Others’ Annoying Behavior

Rule #52 Don’t Be a Victim

Rule #53 Don’t Be the Messenger

Rule #54 Don’t Pass Rumors

Rule #55 Avoid Kids in Cliquey Groups

Rule #56 Don’t Brag and Exaggerate

Rule #57 Be a Good Sport

Rule #58 Say, “No Thanks” to Peer Pressure

Rule #59 Pay Attention to How I Look

Rule #60 Stop Weird Behaviors

Rule #61 Change Behaviors

Chapter 5 Feelings

Rule #62 Understand That “Change” Has Several Stages

Rule #63 Discuss New Situations Ahead of Time to Know What to Expect

Rule #64 Make Choices

Rule #65 Do My Best and Accept It

Rule #66 Stop Being Stuck

Rule #67 Cool Off

Rule #68 Solve Problems

Rule #69 Ask in the Right Way

Rule #70 No Means No

Rule #71 When Things Don’t Go as Expected, Stay Cool

Rule #72 Know About Like-Liking

Rule #73 Understand Sarcasm

Rule #74 Be Grateful for Who I Am

Rule #75 Make a Plan and Reach my Goals

Chapter 6 Body Language

Rule #76 Use Eye Contact

Rule #77 Don’t Be a Space Invader

Rule #78 Read My Face

Rule #79 Use Body Gestures

Rule #80 Stand Tall to Appear Confident and Self-Assured

Rule #81 Remember That Touching and Hugging Are Not Always Okay

Rule #82 Say It Right With Voice Tone

Rule #83 Don’t Be Bossy

Rule #84 Be Heard by Using the Right Voice Volume

Rule #85 Do Body Dos, Not Body Don’ts

Chapter 7 Manners

Rule #86 Say the “Magic Words”

Rule #87 Make a Good Impression

Rule #88 Learn Phone Skills

Rule #89 Know how to Email

Rule #90 Don’t Interrupt

Rule #91 Share

Rule #92 Offer Food to Friends and Family

Rule #93 Use Good Manners at a Party

Rule #94 Reduce Stress at Holidays

Rule #95 Give and Receive Compliments

Rule #96 Apologize

Rule ##97 Ask Permission Before Touching Other People’s Things

Rule #98 Respond to Grieving

Rule #99 Use Formal Language With Adults

Rule #100 Be Funny But Not too Silly