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Jun 29th, 2010 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article
I was undiagnosed, but in retrospect clearly diagnosable, with depression from age 12. For much of my youth I “other-reflected” rather than self-reflected. I made the worst attitudes of others my own. I would say that I hated the way others viewed my depression but I really just hated myself.
Tags: Acceptance, Anger, Anxiety, Attitudes, Beliefs, Character, Children, Conscious, Depression, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Feel, Feelings, Frustration, Knowledge, Learn, Negative Feelings, Parent-Child Relationship, Parenting, Personality, Perspective, Questions, Reactions, Reactive, Recognize Feelings, Reflection, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Skills, Success Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article |
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Jan 7th, 2010 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: In The Classroom, Lead Article
Children from different home languages are the fastest growing segment of the preschool population right now across the United States. Chances are most English-speaking children will meet children who speak other languages in their neighborhoods, schools and childcare. We can all benefit from fostering attitudes of tolerance and friendship.
Tags: Adults, Attitudes, Bilingual, Body Language, Children, Communication, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Empathy, Experience, Friends, Identity, Languages, Learn, Relationships, Research, School, Self-Confidence, Shy, Teach, Teachers, Tolerance, Understand Posted in In The Classroom, Lead Article |
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Jan 6th, 2010 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: In The News
Mackenzie Carpenter of the Washington Post writes a thought provoking article entitled, “Clashing Data Bombards New Parents As Old-School Ideas Fall By The Wayside.”
Giving readers food for thought, Carpenter talks about parents over-reliance on parent advice. She cleverly points out how advice and parenting gurus change from generation to generation, leading us to wonder at the validity of any of it.
Tags: Advice, Anxiety, Children, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Feelings, Human, Individual Needs, Learn, Mirroring, Old Ideas, Parent-Child Relationship, Parenting, Parents, Perspective, Relationships, Tre, Trend, Understand Posted in In The News |
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Jan 4th, 2010 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article
My daughter Gabi has been at school for 5 months now. I finally got around to asking her homeroom teacher whether I could share on mychildfeels.com her wonderful introductory letter she gave students on the first day of class. This is truly a letter worth sharing.
Tags: Angry, Children, Comfortable, Elementary school, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Empathy, Feelings, Friends, Fun, Happy, Humanness, Learn, Love, Motivation, Nervous, Perspective, Proud, Resilience, Safe, School, Shy, Students, Success, Teachers, Unkind Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article |
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Dec 8th, 2009 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article
We’ve all been there and often don’t know how we arrived. But one thing is certain, no parent enjoys being in a power struggle with their child. What brings us to this point?
Parenting is not a one way street. Two separate personalities interact to hopefully produce a loving parent-child relationship. Becoming a good parent is as much about us as it is about our kids.
Tags: Anger, Apologize, Behaviour, Children, Communicate, Conscious, Emotions, Empathy, Feelings, Issues, Mistakes, Parent-Child Relationship, Parenting, Personality, Power Struggles, Problems, Process, Reactive, Recognize Feelings, Relationships, Self-Acknowledgement, Self-Awareness, Skills, Soft Parenting, Teenagers, Therapy Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article |
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Nov 23rd, 2009 |
By jenniferkolari |
Category: Ask Jennifer Kolari, Lead Article
All of us have anxiety – it is an important emotion.
We need it to survive, stay safe and make good choices. Some of us are hardwired to be more anxious than others. As a therapist, I feel that more and more children are struggling with anxiety for many reasons and many parents struggle with how to help their kids cope.
Tags: Afraid, Anger, Anxiety, Behaviour, Brain, Calm, Children, Choices, Doctor, Emotions, Empathy, Experience, Fears, Feelings, Frustration, Jennifer Kolari, Parenting, Parents, Resilience, Struggle, Success, Suggestions, Temper, Understand, Worry Posted in Ask Jennifer Kolari, Lead Article |
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Oct 5th, 2009 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article
What does it mean to have a sense of humour and where does this fit into emotional intelligence? Many successful people have a twinkle in their eyes. They often are able to laugh good-naturedly with others and will often laugh at themselves. However, humour is one of those characteristics that so easily can turn from “feel good” to “feel bad.”
Tags: Children, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Empathy, Experience, Future, Happiness, Humour, Laughter, Parenting, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Success Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article |
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Sep 24th, 2009 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Lead Article, Reviews
There are so many wonderful things about Jennifer Kolari’s book “Connected Parenting” that I hardly know where to begin.
Kolari understands that even when parents feel despair, overwhelmed, angry or feel guilty because they no longer like their child, that these feelings are just a mask for fear and confusion. Kolari never blames parents who have lost their way and find themselves in a vortex of negativity.
Tags: Acceptance, Anxiety, Books, Emotions, Empathy, Explore, Feelings, Happiness, Information, Jennifer Kolari, Listening, Love, Mirroring, Negative Feelings, Parenting, Positive Feelings, Problem Solving, Relationships, Review, Special Needs, Suggestions, Teach, Therapy, Understand Posted in Lead Article, Reviews |
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Sep 11th, 2009 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article
Although concepts of emotional intelligence are evident in literature as far back as the early 1900’s, Daniel Goleman was the first to popularize this idea in 1995 with his book “Emotional Intelligence”. The belief that improving emotional intelligence can improve overall success in life grabbed the attention of the western world.
Tags: Books, Children, Creative, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Feelings, Future, Happiness, Imagine, Literature, Negative Feelings, Parenting, Positive Feelings, Problem Solving, School, Sharing, Stories, Success, Suggestions, Teach, Teachers, Work Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article |
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Aug 24th, 2009 |
By marshajacobson |
Category: Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article
Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ, refers to our ability to understand our own emotions and the emotions of others. One can then act on that understanding to shape a positive outcome. This intelligence relating to our emotions produces many characteristics. Empathy, kindness, self-confidence, good listening skills, humour and acceptance of self and others are [...]
Tags: Children, Daniel Goleman, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Empathy, EQ, Feelings, Intelligence, IQ, Parenting, Self-Confidence, Success, Teach, Teachers Posted in Emotional Intelligence, Lead Article |
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