Helping Children Manage Emotions Requires Social and Emotional Learning

Helping Children Manage Emotions Requires Social and Emotional Learning

Today I want to talk about one of the most important things we can do as a parent or teacher, which is, helping children manage emotions. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand your emotions and manage them and Emotional intelligence skills are not...
Teaching Children Emotional Intelligence Combats Systemic Racism

Teaching Children Emotional Intelligence Combats Systemic Racism

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...
Is Our President Emotionally Intelligent?

Is Our President Emotionally Intelligent?

Is our President emotionally intelligent?  This is not about politics or partisan behavior.  This is about regaining decency and humanity to our White House. When referencing the seven attributes of Emotional Intelligence developed by Daniel Goleman, we may be able to...
Independence and Freedom: An Outcome of Emotional Intelligence

Independence and Freedom: An Outcome of Emotional Intelligence

Independence and Freedom are considered synonymous words, yet by their inherent meanings,  they cast a wide difference of interpretation within each of us.  We declared our independence from England in 1776 and became a country free to establish its own government. ...
Helping Children Manage Emotions Requires Social and Emotional Learning

Understanding Children’s Emotions and Emotional Intelligence

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...