by SoftStone | Jul 17, 2018 | Accountability, CJ's Tips, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback
Is your child emotionally prepared to take care of himself/herself? When I was a parent, this was not something that even crossed our consciousness. Today, this has to be a topic that is thought about and considered or it needs to be. What does this mean? Let me ask...
by SoftStone | Jul 10, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, Conscious Parenting, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Uncategorized
It’s not about being a good parent or a bad parent, are you a conscious parent? Many of you are wondering what I mean by this. It means being present with your child and his feelings and needs. It is about listening carefully to what your child is saying or not...
by SoftStone | Jun 20, 2018 | Accountability, CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting
How Do We Help Children To Self-Soothe? This is a very important life skill and one of the 7 attributes of emotional intelligence. We live in a very chaotic world where we and our children are exposed every day to outrageous acts of meanness and lack of compassion. ...
by SoftStone | Jun 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Children Become EQ Smart with CJ at the Mount Laurel Library two wonderful times in May. We had a great time together learning CJ’s 7 EQ Smart Voices. We shared Gifts of Love (Kind Voices) with CJ. The children shared what they liked about CJ. “CJ, I...
by SoftStone | Jun 14, 2018 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Repetition
How do we teach children to become empathetic? Let’s begin this when children are acquiring their language skills. This way they will incorporate this skill into their everyday communication with you, your family and their friends. Teach them to share kind...
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...
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 SoftStone | Mar 12, 2018 | About Karen Stone, Accountability, children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Repetition, Responsibility
Having been a part of a faculty in a high school right after Columbine, I witnessed many lock downs and an armed guard walking our halls. I spent more time in the parking lot than in my office. I was working as a Learning Disabilities Specialist at the time and...
by SoftStone | Jan 31, 2018 | Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Responsibility
Children Becoming EQ Smart is now happening on our new YouTube Channel, “CJ’s Land of Love and Joy.” Each episode teaches one of Dan Goleman’s 7 attributes of emotional intelligence. We will be raising a new generation of kinder and more...
by Karen Stone | Jan 10, 2018 | Acknowledgement, Emotional Intelligence, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Gratefulness, Kindness, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Recent News, Testimonials
Here I am at my favorite place! Chris and Ed Imperiosi are the owners of the Lily Pond Country School. I am so grateful for their support and continued dedication to the “7 Voices of CJ’ early childhood emotional intelligence program. They have...
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 5, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, Parenting, Positive Feedback, Recent News
Parenting is a challenge today. The CJ Parenting Package is the perfect gift for your friends with children, for grandparents and even for yourselves. Visit our EQ store on EQforChildren.com and begin to spread the awareness and assistance needed in raising children...
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...
by Karen Stone | Oct 26, 2017 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Parenting, Positive Feedback
We live in a very chaotic world right now. Children do feel our stress and anxiety and translate it into their own. Preschools everywhere are talking about children’s challenging behaviors and asking for help. Managing our emotions can be begin early. Two...
by Karen Stone | Oct 17, 2017 | Acknowledgement, CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Recently I have listened to Ariana Huffington’s Book, “Thrive.” She gives many examples of how service provides the giver with as much emotional goodness as the receiver. We have seen so many good examples of this in the last couple months. This is...
by Karen Stone | Oct 12, 2017 | CJ's Tips, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, Parenting
In teaching children the 7 Voices of CJ, becoming Creators of Joy, we have a wonderful time with, “Can I have a happy thought, please?” s so important to teach at a very young age that self-confidence and making good choices comes with having positive...
by Karen Stone | Oct 9, 2017 | About Karen Stone, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Parenting, Responsibility
The best part is when we extend our kindness, we feel our empathy, our own compassion and our souls light up with love and joy! The more we feel this, the better we serve all people everywhere! The political chaos nationally and the heartbreak of so many lives lost...
