Communication can be in forms of speaking or writing, it can be physical like when we use gestures and use our sense of touch, nowadays, it can be through technology (as in with the use of telephones, radio, cellular phones, internet, etc.)

Communication is an art. It is a skill that we learn to be good at as time passes by. It is a way for us humans to interact with each other. Interacting with each other means we are socializing. Socializing means we are part of a society and the society is what helps us be what we want to be.

Knowing how to socialize is probably the best tool that a person can have to be able to establish himself. Indeed, merely knowing how to speak is not enough, you have to have charisma to be able to draw people to you.

Some say that charisma is an innate characteristic, that its either you were born with it or you don't have it at all, but I believe that charisma is a skill that can be learned just like any other skill. Practice is the key to achieving any goal that you want, in this case, practicing how to speak well.

Socializing is a way of building relationships/networks that will be of benefit to you professionally. It's also just another term to making friends.

As humans, the first thing we ever learn to do is communicate. Babies cry to express hunger, loneliness or pain. As we grow older, we learn to use other forms of communication like speaking, writing and through our actions, i.e. body language.

A child has a million ways to express themselves. Some children prefer to communicate with words, others through their actions. Sometimes, adults have a difficulty in understanding what the child wants to say.

My daughter started talking when she was about a year and a half old (she's 6 years old now), I guess it was because we talked to her all the time, and now we can't get her to shut up c",). Experts agree that talking to an infant will help them develop their speaking skills earlier as compared to kids who weren't talked to as much when they were infants.

When talking to an infant, use words, don't talk to them using gurgles or coos (what we call baby talk), because that won't help them recognize words. Talk to them as though you are talking to an adult, but in a soft tone or make it sound as if you're singing (use a sing song voice), if you like you can sing to them. I have a 2 month old son, and when we talk to him he answers us back with soft coos and gurgles, which means he is acknowledging the fact that we are communicating with him. Although babies don't fully understand what we're trying to tell them, talking to them will help them recognize words faster as compared to babies who weren't talked to as much. Also the more you talk to your baby using words, you are encouraging him to learn how to talk and use talking as a primary tool to use for communicating with others. After all conversing or knowing how to create a conversation (not just any conversation but good quality conversations, the kind that draws people to you) is a way for people to gain social networks which can help him in life later on.

I have learned not to under estimate a toddler's capacity to understand. Although they are very young people, they learn fast and understand things even more than we give them credit for. Toddlers are like sponges, they pick up anything they see or hear, fast. They can understand well enough for them to know what happens around them just by listening or seeing how people act around them. That is why it's very important to be on your best behavior when you are around a toddler, because you never know what they can pick up from you.

One day, I saw my daughter holding her lip gloss as if she were smoking, she was only four at the time, and when I asked her about it, she fully understood what she was doing was wrong and apologized. When I talked to her I found out that she knows that smoking is bad and that it shouldn't be done, but she also had this idea that it would look cool, it's very hard to figure out how or where she actually picked up the idea, it could be from a t.v show, a movie or from people around her, we have relatives who smoked, and you can't help that there will be times that she will see people smoke and look cool, that is why it's very important for us adults to be responsible and try to atleast be on our best behavior, because most often than not, we send out wrong messages to our children without us realizing we have done so until we see our children doing it, and then we blame them for acting bad or naughty without thinking that it is our fault more that it is theirs.

Some people lie to their children and sugar-coat things, because they think that this way they are protecting their child. Like when a child asks where babies come from, people often use the "bee and flower" story or that the stork brought them, which is wrong. I believe that telling them the truth is better, they are going to find out anyway, so why not be the one to tell them the truth, right? When our daughter asked us where she came from, we told her that she was a gift from God and when she asked how, we told her how a man and a woman, who is married (we emphasized on the word "married" so she doesn't get the wrong idea) makes love (sounds better than "have sex") and later on the woman will carry a child inside her, so we told her how the reproductive system works. We satisfied her curiosity without compromising the truth, and without her having the wrong idea about sex.

It's all about choosing what words to use. So before you give your child the wrong idea, think about the words that you are going to use and use them well.

Here are a few tips on how to equip a child with just the right amount of social skills so that he'll be able to communicate with people well.

1. Build their confidence. If a child is shy and has a hard time interacting with other children, they may be feeling insecure or unsure of themselves. Give them a confidence boost and assure them that there's no need for them to be embarrassed.

2. Expand their vocabulary.

3. Lead by example. Show them how fun it is to make friends.

4. Help them learn the importance of making friends, and the concept of building friendships.

5. Talk to them as often as possible, to be able to develop their speaking skills. Learn to listen to them also.

6. Don't pressure them. Never force a child to do something they aren't ready to do. Just be patient, with the right amount of guidance they'll come around and be on their way to making social networks.

7. Let them be their own person. Don't be a dictator, you're only suppose to guide, not dictate.

8. Support them and never tell them to shut up. It's harder for children to communicate with people if you embarass them by telling them to shut up and making them feel that what they are saying is not important.