by SoftStone | Jun 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Children Become EQ Smart with CJ at the Mount Laurel Library two wonderful times in May. We had a great time together learning CJ’s 7 EQ Smart Voices. We shared Gifts of Love (Kind Voices) with CJ. The children shared what they liked about CJ. “CJ, I...
by SoftStone | Jun 14, 2018 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Repetition
How do we teach children to become empathetic? Let’s begin this when children are acquiring their language skills. This way they will incorporate this skill into their everyday communication with you, your family and their friends. Teach them to share kind...
by SoftStone | Jun 7, 2018 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Hello Parents of Young Children! Today it is so important for young children to develop the social and emotional skills to feel good about themselves, make friends easily, succeed in school and in summer activities, and manage their emotions in their everyday...
by SoftStone | May 10, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Information, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility
Are mother’s different today than I was? Considering the cultural change in expectations for woman today, I would think so.  I recently listened to the audiobook, the Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan. I learned a great deal about myself and the...
by SoftStone | Apr 18, 2018 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
The phrase, “Can I Have a Happy Thought Please?” is an easy and effective way for children to stop a bully. It is tried and true! I have been teaching children to do this for years. The positive thought and energy stops the negative energy and there are...
by SoftStone | Mar 30, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Recent News, Responsibility, Uncategorized
The March for Our Lives was attended by over a 1000 people in our local community. The march of the 17 coffins by the youth was touching and reverent. The youth speeches were well-written and each one spoke to a different perspective of gun control. Our march was...