MAILBAG: We Teach Social Skills To Kids – But Perhaps It’s Time To Teach Them To Adults Too

MAILBAG: We Teach Social Skills To Kids – But Perhaps It’s Time To Teach Them To Adults Too

As a therapist working in the Lakewood community, I recently attended a professional networking event, hoping to connect with colleagues in the mental health field. Instead, I walked away with something far more disheartening: a growing sense that basic social skills—simple decency, acknowledgment, and presence—are disappearing among professionals in our community. I attempted to strike up a conversation with another therapist. She paused, sayin…