by Karen Stone | Jun 7, 2021 | children, delay gratification, early childhood education, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Positive Feedback, SEL, Social and Emotional Learning, Uncategorized
Social and emotional learning includes promoting the important skill of delayed gratification. This became a blatant reality during this pandemic. So many activities were put on hold. As a result, some managed this well and others put themselves and others in danger....
by Karen Stone | May 14, 2021 | children, early childhood education, Educators, emotional intelligence resources, Parenting, SEL, Social and Emotional Learning, Uncategorized
Lets’ look at Parenting and Social Emotional Learning and how there is a disconnect between school and home environments. Social and emotional learning is crucial to the healthy development of young children. However, there seems to be a disconnect between what...
by Karen Stone | Apr 5, 2021 | children, Conscious Parenting, empathy, Feelings, Parenting, SEL, Social and Emotional Learning, Uncategorized
Teaching (SEL) social and emotional learning enhances empathy in children. Sharing kindnesses stimulates their emotional brains to experience caring, loving, helpful, nice and their innate goodness to mention just a few. Empathy is lacking today for differences and...
by Karen Stone | Feb 24, 2021 | children, delay gratification, Delay of gratification, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, impulse control, Parenting, Positive Feedback, self-esteem, Uncategorized
Teaching children to delay gratification and have impulse control is an important EQ skill often puzzling to parents. When I parented, I certainly had no idea how to do this. A wonderful study completed over 50 years ago at Stanford University called the Marshmallow...
by Karen Stone | Feb 19, 2021 | Actions, awareness, children, choice, choices, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, emotions, Feelings, Uncategorized
Teaching young children the power of choice is so important! No, the devil did not make me do it! We did it all on our own. This concept came to me very late in life and it took me a while to wrap my brain around it and acknowledge its powerful truth. The habit of...
by Karen Stone | Feb 12, 2021 | children, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, mindfulness, Parenting, resilience, Uncategorized
Teaching mindfulness meditation to children lessons their anxieties and fears. So, by now you are asking what is mindful meditation. Mindful meditation is sitting or lying down in a quiet place. Then you select an audio meditation and listen to someone guide you...
