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...
Make 2021 an Emotionally Intelligent Year for You and Your Children

Make 2021 an Emotionally Intelligent Year for You and Your Children

As the New Year begins, we all stop and think about the past one and how to choose differently. For me, my greatest challenge ahead stems from the past election chaos.  Though I donated money, signed petitions and alerted my senators and congressman of my concerns,...
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. ...