Let us start with the word ‘Human ‘. Humans are social animals that love to live socially. We have our own society with rules. For example how to behave towards others, how to understand our opponent’s feelings, and how to react with them. Social awareness is important to all. Social consciousness is nothing but understanding of others’ feelings and having a sense of how to react to them? This makes one handle different situations which leads to the best social results. So, why should parents consider it to be an important factor for our children? The answer is, it makes them more socially responsible and gives the ability to face any situation correctly.
So it is our responsibility to contribute to social awareness of the students and children. Here are some essential things to make our children more aware of society.
1. Facial expressions
Facial expressions are considered to be one of the best ways to teach anything to the children. This doesn’t mean you should directly go for this step. Because they are perplexed with our perception. Make a healthy conversation with them by talking about their pets. Pets like dogs, puppies, cats, and birds have more influence on children. Both pets and children note about their every small behavioral detail while playing.
Ask about some unintentional actions of their pets.
After this, you can slowly teach about happiness, sadness, anger, excitement, and emotions. For example, teach about the action of a sad person by your facial expression and also told how to react in that situation. It increases emotional intelligence. People with high emotional intelligence make persons more comfortable around them.
2. Books
‘Reading is a conversation. All book talks. But a good book listens as well ‘ -Every book teaches a lesson about the perception of life which depends upon a reader. Children like more stories to listen to when they are at their kindergarten and schools. Listening to bedtime story is a habit for most children. So, it is the correct time to tell some important life morals. Read the best storybooks for social awareness like Julian is a mermaid, Four feet two sandals, Leaf, Each kindness, the pink hat, etc.
Giving a good school book’s knowledge is like planting a good plant in the soil. Because only their views can teach how to handle all. If you make it successful, they have enough knowledge to understand and be aware of the society. Through this, they learn about what is self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
3. Involvement in group physical activity
The skill of problem-solving develops more at a group activity. It should be either in their school or with family or friends. A group activity may not be a planned or targeted one. It should be a normal activity incorporating factors like helping others, exercise, and yoga with others. This keeps the mind relaxed and indirectly teaches them how to handle problems, anxiety with a peaceful mind.
Playing with friends is one of the best ways to learn about social consciousness or awareness. Helping and conversation with their mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa make them more socially responsible. It also makes them mentally and physically stronger. Socially responsible children should have more awareness about society.
4. Daily updates
Make a conversation daily with them if they are going to school, about their daily routine. Ask about their perspective about the particular thing that you have to discuss with them. After that conversation, you can guide them about that particular thing. Daily issues on society have a great impact on their life. Being our children or students we have to make them aware.
Take out your specific time to speak with them about their day. This is an important task. But most of the parents don’t take out time for this and just focus on their studies.

5. Life skills
The subjects which childer are studying in schools only give particular knowledge about the thing that is relevant to that subject. But rather than that life skills teach them more about their life and survival.
Such life skills are:
- Self-awareness
- Empathy
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Decision making
- Problem Solving
- Effective communication
- Interpersonal relationship
- Coping with stress
- Coping with emotion
These are defined by the world health organization (WHO).
They add more value to our life rather than subject studies. Make it possible to make your childern learn these crucial life skills.
These are the five main things that are important to create social awareness among students and children. This social awareness is the talent to take the perspective of and understand with others, including those from diverse backgrounds and cultures. It is the ability to understand the social and ethical norms of behavior and to recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.
The important characteristics of social awareness are:
- Show respect for others
- Understand and empathize with the perspectives of others
- Appreciate diversity and the similarities and differences of people
- Understand the perspectives of others will influence interactions with others
- Read social situations by using empathy to recognize the emotions of others
- Increase control of social and emotional well-being
- Understand how their mood and behavior affects other people
- Use strategies to deal with unexpected situations
Some Last Words
Social awareness is a crucial aspect. Parents should deem about this together and make their children socially responsible. Above mentioned ways are better and more convenient to make students or children be more conscious of this society. We can improve the classroom activities for getting better results, which leads to true awareness about society. It is our duty to make our future generation aware of these skills. As our children will be more responsible, the prosperity of the society will rise. They will lead our nation on a way of success and together will leave in peace and harmony.