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How Do You Teach Your Kids Emotional Intelligence?
How Do You Teach Your Kids Emotional Intelligence?

You've Got the ABC's Covered and the 123's Down.  But Increasingly, research shows the importance of Emotional Intelligence--and you are the person best suited to teaching it.  

Emotional intelligence is being able to recognize a wide range of nuanced emotions, and recognizing them, being able to regulate them and put them in perspective in a way that helps the individual move through life more easily.  

In my long experience in working with children, emotional intelligence can absolutely be developed.  The most important way in which it is developed is through interactions with thoughtful adults who are modeling and guiding kids in dealing with their feelings.

This blog shares some common behaviors of parents whose kids display emotional intelligence.

AND IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW TO BOOST YOUR OWN EQ, CHECK OUT THIS BLOG ON "How can we use NLP to build Emotional Intelligence?"

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Build Connections, Communication, Community, Kindness, Parent as teacher, Parenting, TrustElisabeth Stittemotions, empathy, emotional intelligence, communicaiton, communication skills, listenting, acknowledging, bondingComment
My Teacher Hates Me! I'm Not Going Back to that Class!
My Teacher Hates Me! I'm Not Going Back to that Class!

Knowing our kids are happy at school allows us to drop them off with confidence and get on with our day.  When our child refuses to go to school, then we are filled with doubt and insecurity and our hands feel tied, knowing it is not as simple as changing schools or teachers. What can you do to help your child feel good about his teacher?  
 

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Build Connections, Community, Confidence, Kindness, Parenting, TrustElisabeth Stittschool, teachers, relationships, listenting, empathizing, acknowledging, feelings, emotions, positivityComment