Listening skills is important in a child's development because it allow the child to function properly in society. When developing this skills, it is important that your child become an active listener, which means that he use what he hears from you and others as part of the communication process

Listening skills are very important because they help children learn how to develop language skills. ... It requires children to understand, retain information and respond to it. Babies learn about language from listening and watching the way we communicate with them and with others.