How to Help Kids Understand Personal Space

Teacher helping children draw at a classroom table

We’ve all been there: you’re trying to compare pasta sauces while your toddler is currently trying to use a stranger’s coat tail as a game of peek-a-boo. In early childhood (especially ages 2.5 to 6), the concept of “personal space” is entirely abstract. Little ones move through the world driven by pure curiosity and impulse. […]