Parenting 101: Essential Building Blocks for Raising Happy, Healthy Kids
Many people believe parenting begins with preparing a child for school readiness, but the most importantly it begins with teaching children emotional intellect. A child’s self-confidence is an acquired skill that, when achieved it provides positive emotional cohesiveness. Conquering emotional intellect is the life line to life and has many rewarding outcomes in a person’s entire lifespan. It is the greatest took any parent can offer their child, “Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and regulate our emotions” (Clinton & Sibcy, 2006, p. 169). Emotional intellect is surely not a common topic, as its predecessor school readiness, perhaps since academic success is a priority. In addition, Clinton and Sibcy (2006) offer further insight on this topic, “Emotional coaching essentially does the same thing: teaching children how to deal with anger, disappointment, fear, excitement, and the other emotions we all experience in life” (p. 170). When a child is emotionally well-balanced he or she is positively influenced in all areas of his or her lives. It is important to recognize that academic achievement is a significant part of a person’s life, …show more content…
Because I am focusing primarily on parenting 101 guidance, these will all be texts written in the recent years. Rose, McGuire, and Gilbert (2015) conclude that “Emotion coaching is a parenting style clinically observed in the USA which supports children’s emotional self-regulation, social skills, physical health and academic success” (p. 1766). Additionally, using some pointers from, Siegel and Bryson (2011) mind techniques as a tool in helping children develop appropriate skills for handling negative emotions, “We help children understand that the clouds of their emotions can (and will) roll on by”
Many people believe parenting begins with preparing a child for school readiness, but the most importantly it begins with teaching children emotional intellect. A child’s self-confidence is an acquired skill that, when achieved it provides positive emotional cohesiveness. Conquering emotional intellect is the life line to life and has many rewarding outcomes in a person’s entire lifespan. It is the greatest took any parent can offer their child, “Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and regulate our emotions” (Clinton & Sibcy, 2006, p. 169). Emotional intellect is surely not a common topic, as its predecessor school readiness, perhaps since academic success is a priority. In addition, Clinton and Sibcy (2006) offer further insight on this topic, “Emotional coaching essentially does the same thing: teaching children how to deal with anger, disappointment, fear, excitement, and the other emotions we all experience in life” (p. 170). When a child is emotionally well-balanced he or she is positively influenced in all areas of his or her lives. It is important to recognize that academic achievement is a significant part of a person’s life, …show more content…
Because I am focusing primarily on parenting 101 guidance, these will all be texts written in the recent years. Rose, McGuire, and Gilbert (2015) conclude that “Emotion coaching is a parenting style clinically observed in the USA which supports children’s emotional self-regulation, social skills, physical health and academic success” (p. 1766). Additionally, using some pointers from, Siegel and Bryson (2011) mind techniques as a tool in helping children develop appropriate skills for handling negative emotions, “We help children understand that the clouds of their emotions can (and will) roll on by”