Taken from Chapter One in Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: "Family life is our first school for emotional learning," writes Daniel Goleman, psychologist and author of Emotional Intelligence. "In this intimate cauldron we learn how to feel about ourselves and how others will react to our feelings; how to think about these feelings and what choices we have in reacting; how to read and express hopes and fears This emotional schooling operates not just through the things parents say and do directly to children, but also in the models they offer for handling their own feelings and those that pass between husband and wife. Some parents are gifted emotional teachers, others atrocious."
I don't want to be an atrocious emotional teacher! I am afraid at times I have been! I have demanded that my son stop crying before he is done. And I have become angry at him for having negative feelings!! My poor son! Now that I know about Emotion Coaching, I am a much more loving mom when he is sad or upset. Thank Goodness!
I don't want to be an atrocious emotional teacher! I am afraid at times I have been! I have demanded that my son stop crying before he is done. And I have become angry at him for having negative feelings!! My poor son! Now that I know about Emotion Coaching, I am a much more loving mom when he is sad or upset. Thank Goodness!
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