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 | Mar 26, 2021 | Accountability, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback
When children have social emotional learning, they are more prepared for life. Life preparedness means from early childhood to adulthood. Children need to relate to others, be empathic and address their own emotions. If parents and teaches always step in and take...
by Karen Stone | Mar 12, 2021 | Accountability, children and politics, Daniel Goleman, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Racism, Recent News
Teaching children the skills developing emotional intelligence combats systemic racism. Consider the premise that if we were raised with emotional intelligence that systemic racism would not be a factor in our society. As an example in recent years, Daniel...
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 8, 2021 | CJ's Tips, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Positive Feedback
Saying affirmations help young children self-soothe and stay calm especially when their caregivers aren’t present. One of the most important skill sets children need is how to manage their emotions. For very young children this is difficult and yet crucial to...
by Karen Stone | Dec 9, 2020 | About Karen Stone, Acknowledgement, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Success, Positive Feedback
Writing my book, “Is Your Child’s World Emotionally Safe?” was quite an adventure. It took me many months and many edits.  It provided me with a time to reflect back on this journey of attempting to provide emotional safety for myself. I felt it...
