"We spend a great deal of time and money cultivating our children's intelligence - as important is cultivating their emotional intelligence.
Parents are emotional coaches whether they want to be or not.
Listen. Really listen to them with compassion.
Name their emotion until you get it accurately.
Set limits by example.
Brainstorm solutions.
Anticipate conflict. We need to have it. We need to resolve it."
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BETTER PARENTING - BE PREPARED: If you fail to plan and prepare, you ARE preparing and planning to fail. I love my four children! I would have liked to parent them better. This is some of what I wish I had been able to know thirty or forty years ago! I hope this helps my younger friends.
