Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For generations, we took social skills for granted. Parents just assumed that, through regular interaction with adults and peers ...

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For generations, we took social skills for granted. Parents just assumed that, through regular interaction with adults and peers at school and at home, their children would learn how to interact and ...