Let us find out who plays with whom. Friends are not only for people. Female baboons have friends too. They form close bonds with other females in their troop. A troop is a group that lives together.
Babies show signs of being choosy about who they spend time with. They know faces they have seen. A baby can also react when another child is upset.
Very young kids first play near each other. They do not do much together. Then they learn to talk, and they play with each other.
Some kids who are not yet in school have one special friend. Groups of friends can start to form too.
These kids often like to play with kids of the same gender. Gender means being a girl or a boy.
Kids are more likely to be friends if they like the same things.
Making a friend takes time together. It does not happen in one minute.
Kids in school learn what to do when friends do not agree.
Words to know
- baboons: kind of animal
- troop: animal group
- gender: girl or boy
