by SoftStone | May 24, 2019 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, Events, Gratefulness, Helping Veterans, Kindness, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
If you could help one veteran this weekend, what would you do? This Memorial Day gives us the perfect opportunity to show our gratefulness for the men and women who volunteer to serve our country and keep us safe. The current atmosphere for our service men and women...
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 9, 2019 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Educators, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Feelings, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility
What would be your first response if your 4 yr. old is being bullied? This is challenging for any parent and your first response is an important moment in you and your child’s emotional well-being. The first feeling we have is anger and dismay for our...
by SoftStone | Jun 7, 2018 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Hello Parents of Young Children! Today it is so important for young children to develop the social and emotional skills to feel good about themselves, make friends easily, succeed in school and in summer activities, and manage their emotions in their everyday...
by SoftStone | May 10, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Information, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility
Are mother’s different today than I was? Considering the cultural change in expectations for woman today, I would think so.  I recently listened to the audiobook, the Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan. I learned a great deal about myself and the...
by SoftStone | Apr 18, 2018 | Accountability, Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
The phrase, “Can I Have a Happy Thought Please?” is an easy and effective way for children to stop a bully. It is tried and true! I have been teaching children to do this for years. The positive thought and energy stops the negative energy and there are...
