Key points

Because of screen overuse and pandemic isolation, some children don't know how to use voices to connect.

The social use of voices is learned, and parents and teachers can teach the vocal skills children need.

Children learn to use their voices to communicate emotions by modeling adults.

Children have returned to school. Not only is the initial “honeymoon” period over, but so are the hopes that whatever previous social behavioral difficulties they had last spring would have vanished by taking a summer away from the classroom. Children are again feeling anxious , sad, lonely, and unconnected. Time to help them feel better.

In a past blog post , I suggested that children’s failed attempts to connect with others to make friends have been caused by a lack of skill in using n

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