Meaningful Ways to Help Kids with Anxiety
Some kids struggle with anxiety starting even as a young child…and for us as parents, our deepest desire it to help them. As a parent
Some kids struggle with anxiety starting even as a young child…and for us as parents, our deepest desire it to help them. As a parent
Did you know that in order to feel empathy and have intuition, we need to feel our emotions? And that while these books are really
(updated: 1/5/19) I’ve been reading aloud Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves to my 13-year-old daughter. It was a school assignment. She didn’t want to read
If you’re like me, you’re searching for great ways to build your child’s emotional intelligence. Of course, we’re our children’s first role models but picture
It’s always lovely to see a new batch of picture books that help model friendship for children. Because friendship is a skill, just like any
She’s stomping around and glaring. In case we miss how mad she is, her words are laced with contemptuous proof of anger, “I don’t like bananas. I’ve already
I love using picture books to teach children about emotions and increase their emotional intelligence. Consider what your child may be struggling to express, or understand, and how
One of the worries I have for my daughter and her friends is that phones are stunting their emotional intelligence skills — particularly in the areas of social awareness and relationship management. And
As you know, we’re talking a lot about emotional intelligence and mindfulness this summer. Emotional awareness is the first step to being mindful, in order to develop emotional intelligence,
I believe in the power of mindfulness which is why I’m teaching mindfulness to my kids. What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is being aware of what’s going on
It was one of those days. I anguished over social issues with one of my kids. It felt like nothing was improving. But then, a
Q’s Race to the Top is an interactive, engaging emotional intelligence board game. Mompreneur of three kids, Sofia Dickens, designed this game for practicing social skills
Thanks to The Bully Project for sponsoring my writing. Visit their website to join the movement and learn more. “Cici’s the boss and she told
by Susan Schroeder, mother and Kimochis expert. So many of us moms work outside of the home and try hard NOT to bring our work home
As parents we know at deep level the importance of helping our children understand and communicate feelings, also called emotional intelligence. You don’t need research
Guest post by Jeanette Larson, librarian, writer and children’s literature expert. Infants and young children are pretty self-centered; the world revolves around their needs and
by teacher, administrator and speaker, Michelle Macchia. It is predicted that by the time our children join the workforce, they will be expected to work
written by Mitali Perkins, YA author, mother, blogger and world traveler. As we seek to raise a generation of compassionate children, stories are powerful allies.
Her husband got the news last week– cancer. (Again.) Their boys are one and four. When she told me, I taught her boys a bad
When my daughter told me that she was “locked out” of playing at recess, I was incensed. In first grade, there was a queen bee
