Social understandings and behaviours are closely interwoven with emotions, temperament, values, attitudes,knowledge and skills.

Children are born social. Social capacity develops as children interact with supportive, stimulating, safe people and places. Tuning in, listening and watching closely can help adults to understand what might be giving rise to a child's behaviour. It can help to think of behaviour as the tip of an iceberg—there’s usually an emotional base hidden underneath.