by SoftStone | Aug 21, 2017 | EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Recent News, Tradeshows
by Karen Stone | Aug 19, 2017 | children and politics, Emotional Intelligence, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Kindness, Responsibility
Malcolm Gladwell, who wrote the “Tipping Point” demonstrated to us the power of how we can change styles, thoughts, sayings with just 150 people passing it on. Let’s do this! With 2/3 of stepping up to the plate, we can have the tipping point we...
by Karen Stone | Aug 17, 2017 | children and politics, CJ's Tips, Emotionally Safe, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Events, Parenting, Positive Feedback
I had the wonderful opportunity to spend time with my pilot school teachers in Rivervale, NJ. We were catching up the summer and talking about our 2nd year. We talked about how they were now seasoned and really looking forward to starting the program from the...
by Karen Stone | Aug 1, 2017 | EQ Information, EQ Success, Positive Feedback, Recent News
This past winter I had the privilege of piloting my EQ program in a North Jersey preschool. The pilot was a great success and we are getting ready for our 2nd year. Teachers loved it, the children became Creators of Joy (CJs). They could recite CJs 7 voices and how...
by SoftStone | Jul 14, 2017 | EQ Information, Events, Tradeshows
by SoftStone | Jul 11, 2017 | EQ Information, EQ Success, Events, Tradeshows
by SoftStone | Jun 26, 2017 | EQ Information, Events, Recent News
by Karen Stone | Jun 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
SoftStone and the CJ Parenting Package has won its second National Award. Creative Child Magazine has awarded the CJ Parenting Package and program their 2017 Product of the Year Award and its 2017 Preferred Choice Award for Plush Toys. We are grateful and delighted...
by Karen Stone | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Being relational is an extremely important life skill no matter what your personality is. You may be outgoing, reserved, shy but knowing how to relate when you need to is a great skill to acquire. Children model the adults around them and notice how we relate to our...
by Karen Stone | Apr 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
This past holiday I wrote about the joys and challenges of being with family. One of my greatest joys was being with my great nieces and nephews. Their ages range from 14 to 3. They all played together. Now that was a joy to see. My two older nephews entertained...
by Karen Stone | Apr 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
The holidays bring on many joys and many challenges. For years I have wrestled with both and there are times when as much as I am looking forward to it, I am also grateful when they are over. This is when my EQ skills serve me well. As I get ready for them, I...
by SoftStone | Feb 24, 2017 | CJ's Tips, EQ Information, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Positive Feedback, Recent News
The most important lesson to teach your children is how to help them remain emotionally safe within when they are experiencing meanness and intolerance. The brain is a marvelous thing and it only takes 6 seconds to refocus and replace negative thoughts. Teach your...
by SoftStone | Feb 23, 2017 | CJ's Tips, EQ Skills, EQ Success, Positive Feedback, Recent News
The “Voices of CJ” Pilot Programs are realizing some wonderful changes. Children now know how to address mean voices for how to address physical aggressive without being negative or aggressive in return. The teachers feel a renewed joy in helping their...
by SoftStone | Jan 25, 2017 | EQ Information, EQ Success, Recent News
This is Kindness Week throughout the country. Good Morning America shared a grass-roots campaign that was started in a woman’s backyard when her children were young. She created a non-profit, “Kids for Peace,” that has initiated the Great Kindness Challenge. This...
by SoftStone | Nov 10, 2016 | Recent News
I must admit that I am having a very difficult time with the results of this election. It has saddened, devastated and challenged me on so many levels. I have heard so many comments from the TV to my own community about what do we tell children now. I have heard...
by SoftStone | Sep 2, 2016 | CJ's Tips, EQ Information, EQ Skills
Back to school anxieties are common and often not addressed. In part I, I spoke about how these anxieties need to be aired and shared so that children’s day to day learning would not be affected. As many adults do not know how to share their anxiety and fears,...
by SoftStone | Aug 22, 2016 | CJ's Tips, EQ Information, EQ Skills
A new school year brings a mix of excitement and worries: “Will I do well? Will my teacher like me? Where will I sit? Will I be teased on the playground? Will I be invited to someone’s house? “Such questions will arise for all children but even more...
by SoftStone | Jul 22, 2016 | EQ Information, EQ Success, Recent News
Six Seconds, an organization that promotes the awareness and development of EQ, has established through its research that the state of the global EQ has fallen significantly over the last few years. Technology and its continuous invasion into our lives is affecting...
by SoftStone | Feb 12, 2016 | About Karen Stone, EQ Information, EQ Success
When I was a young child, I was teased for many reasons. I was teased at home and at school. I did not live in the neighborhood where other children played and walked to school together. I had buck teeth and was overweight. At home, I was the eldest and my mother...
