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...
by SoftStone | Mar 30, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Acknowledgement, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Recent News, Responsibility, Uncategorized
The March for Our Lives was attended by over a 1000 people in our local community. The march of the 17 coffins by the youth was touching and reverent. The youth speeches were well-written and each one spoke to a different perspective of gun control. Our march was...
by Karen Stone | Jan 2, 2018 | Accountability, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
What is your child’s Emotional Intelligence (EQ) score? They say that measuring emotional intelligence is subjective. Yet today we are providing parents and teachers with the information they need to determine how their children fair in the emotional domain. ...
by Karen Stone | Dec 1, 2017 | About Karen Stone, Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Uncategorized
Thanks to our Kickstarter campaign coming soon, I along with all my SoftStone staff are excited to announce the creation of our new YouTube Kids channel, CJ’s Land of Love and Joy. CJ and his family of 8 characters including our latest edition, the adorable and...
by Karen Stone | Nov 22, 2017 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Parenting, Repetition, Uncategorized
You might think this is a strange topic to write about at Thanksgiving but giving thanks and being grateful helps us to acquire our 7th Emotional Intelligence attribute: how to persist in the face of frustration. For a few weeks a year we talk about giving thanks and...
by Karen Stone | Nov 3, 2017 | Accountability, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility, Uncategorized
ACCOUNTABILITY Being an emotionally intelligent family has 7 important attributes. Owning our mistakes is an important one and in EQ language this is called Accountability. We need to be accountable for our actions, our words and most of all each other’s...
