by Karen Stone | Jun 25, 2020 | Accountability, children and politics, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, Delay of gratification, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Health, Mask, Parenting, Recent News, Safety, Service, Uncategorized
Did you know that delayed gratification is an emotional intelligence attribute? It has many facets that affect our lives daily. It often demonstrates putting someone else’s needs before one’s own. We may need to manage our own needs in order to take care...
by Karen Stone | Jun 19, 2020 | Accountability, children and politics, Conscious Parenting, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Parenting, Racism, Recent News, Uncategorized
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand your emotions and manage them. Emotional intelligence are skills taught and are not innate. Young Children’s emotions raw and undeveloped. Adults parenting or teaching children must understand that emotions...
by Karen Stone | Jun 15, 2020 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Feelings, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Let’s examine the lack of emotional intelligence in politics. Politics at every level are increasingly mean and lacking emotional intelligence. All the issues that a democracy creates certainly do not need the addition of a language that demeans one’s...
by SoftStone | Jun 13, 2019 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, Feelings, Gratefulness, Kindness, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
When gratefulness slaps you right upside your head, you are stunned, overwhelmed and taken aback. This happened to me yesterday while I was getting a pedicure. It all began when my pregnant hairstylist who also does my nails, tells me she can’t do my pedicures...
by SoftStone | May 14, 2019 | Accountability, children and politics, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Feelings, Kindness, Recent News, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Should you vaccinate your child for measles or not? Is this a health decision for you or for all our children? It isn’t always a factor that we have to make a decision that will affect others in the long run. Yet, young parents are faced with this weighty...
by SoftStone | Apr 17, 2019 | Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Success, Feelings, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Repetition, Uncategorized
Does your family share their gratefulness around the holiday dinner table? Let me share a short story with you. When my daughter was a teenager, she wanted designer jeans. I was a single parent and they were not in my price range. She was furious with me and said...
