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Building Emotional Intelligence

Building Emotional Intelligence

Improving emotional intelligence can be tough, especially for kids. However, with time and effort, you can teach your child valuable skills like understanding their own feelings, caring for others, talking effectively, and managing stress. Here are some tried-and-true suggestions for building emotional intelligence in your child.

Implementing The Time-In Technique With The Time-Out Chair

Use the modernized approach of the time-out chair strategy to promote empathy, communication, and effective discipline in parenting.
3 - 5 min read
A child sitting in a time-out chair happy with her mother

This Numbed Out World Needs Sensitive People Like You

So many of us as parents today grew up having emotions like sadness, grief, confusion, jealousy, and rage dismissed or denied by the often well-intended but misguided adults raising us who never learned these components of emotional intelligence them...
3 - 5 min read
woman crying single eye with tears

The ABCs and 123s of Emotional Intelligence

The ability to monitor our emotions and thoughts from moment to moment is key to understanding ourselves and others better. Here are two simple activities to help you grow emotional intelligence in yourself and your children.
4 - 6 min read
two happy girls hugging and smiling on the playground

Heart's Treasure Hunt Storytime

This children's storybook was written to deliver Generation Mindful's greatest wish for humanity --- that every child gets to grow up feeling a deep sense of acceptance and belonging. Play this storytime for a child you love, and for the child that...
20 - 22 min read

How To Use The Time-In ToolKit® To Teach Kids About Emotions

Proven to improve social-emotional skills and lessen behavioral issues, the world-famous Time-In ToolKit® helps children learn how to name and regulate their emotions using positive discipline and connection-based learning methods.
6 - 8 min read

SnuggleBuddies Plush Toys Help Kids Communicate Feelings

SnuggleBuddies plush toys help kids communicate their feelings to decrease meltdowns. Here's how.
2 - 4 min read

Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys

Forcing boys to repress their emotions is quite literally killing them, leaving lasting mental and physical health implications. Here are 4 things we can do to free our boys and men from social constructs of man up, toughen up, and dry up. 
3 - 5 min read

Words Matter: Adjusting Popular Books and Songs to Align with Positive Parenting Strategies

Our words matter. Children receive messages from all around them and this includes the books, songs, and stories we share with them. Sometimes those messages are affirming and sometimes they are dismissive. Read how to make your words count to nouris...
3 - 5 min read

Gratitude Builds The Brain For Emotional Intelligence

Whether we are thanking our spouse, our kids, Mother Nature, or receiving thanks in return, gratitude in any form can help stabilize emotions, help us parent from our center, and offer our children the safety and connection to learn and grow. <...
3 - 5 min read

5 Ways To Nurture Emotional Intelligence For Kids

How can we as adults, parents, grandparents & more, nurture emotional intelligence for kids? 5 ways you can nurture emotional intelligence in children.
3 - 5 min read
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