When you're kids are not listening it can feel like your only tool is to yell. One GEN:M mama shares how she shifted from yelling to connection during times of misbehavior.
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A new study describes emotional intelligence as an important part of academic success from kindergarten into college.
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A mother's devotion to finding a cure for her son's rare kidney disease and to helping him manage his big feelings along the way.
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It’s of little surprise that when I became a parent myself, my impulse was to spank, yell or lecture. Not knowing the long-term effects of this type of punishment, I repeated the experiences of my past, perpetuating the cycle.
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In a nook in the back near the teacher’s desk, a cozy, safe place exists. It is a place to explore feelings. A place to regulate. A place to take a break and just be. Welcome to Emily Brown’s preschool classroom. Emily is a teacher dedicated to helping her students...
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The tasks we need to get done, the clean house, the money we chase for the next bill, the wanting better, the material things in life, more of this and of more of that. None of it matters.
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With the use of the Time-In-Toolkit and SnuggleBuddies Plush Toys, one child learned how to manage his emotions by modeling his older sister.
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Parenting disagreements are not uncommon, especially with so many different parenting ideologies out there. What can you do to get on the same page as your co-parent?
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When my son was just barely out of the toddler years, his grandmother gave him a puzzle for his birthday. It was one of those 60-piece rectangular deals with a picture of a prehistoric world inhabited by all kinds of dinosaurs. The box showed what the completed puzzle would look...
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You probably know that your heart works hard pumping oxygen-rich blood throughout your body, but have you ever wondered how this process works? During the cardiac cycle, your heart first relaxes and allows the oxygen-rich blood to come to itself first. Then — only after it has received oxygenated blood...
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Disciplining a toddler might seem like a nearly impossible task, but as the saying goes — the best defense is a good offense.
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By practicing the many components of emotional intelligence with children on a daily basis, we teach children that emotions aren’t something to shy away from or to be scared of.
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