Grow Your Child’s (or Your Own) Emotional Intelligence
Everyone pretty much agrees on the importance of emotional literacy, at least in theory.
As a society, we want children to learn how to deal with difficult feelings, both their own and others’.
But how exactly do we teach them that? Especially if we ourselves aren’t sure we’ve got a handle on our own emotions?
Emotional intelligence can easily be developed in children because most kids are naturally emotionally intelligent. At least, they’ve got the basics down; kids know an emotion when they feel one, and they’re not ashamed of their own humanity. Read More
This isn’t a parenting blog, but parenting affects all of us, parents and non-parents alike.
I’m still on holiday this week, but in my absence I wanted to leave you with something nutritious to chew on.
Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) develops in a child when one parent poisons the child’s attitude toward the other parent, usually during or after the dissolution of the parents’ relationship.