Social-Emotional Skills, Resilience, and Behavioral Problems in Children

Childhood is a crucial period for the development of social-emotional skills. Optimal development in these areas during early life is associated with enhanced social and cognitive abilities, better academic performance, motivation, and social relationships, a reduced risk of behavioral problems (internalizing or externalizing) and social exclusion, and higher rates of overall well-being. This Reprint aims to explore the role of protective factors like socio-emotional learning and resilience in promoting prosocial behavior in children. I believe that focusing on the emotional aspect of development is a key challenge for schools in the new millennium. In this Reprint, you will find articles on childhood and adolescents, focused on the active promotion of these skills through the implementation of educational programs. The articles provide interesting insights and important contributions to children's development in the social-emotional domain. Authors explored what schools can do to contribute to the social and emotional education of children and adolescents and engaged with how schools can develop these aspects. It is also expanded how early childhood education, in particular the interaction between teachers and children and peer interactions, contributes to children and adolescents developing social-emotional skills. One review also analyzes the possibility of extending sexual education to sexual and gender minorities