The new Confident Parents, Confident Kids book is a unique full color, fully illustrated parenting book that walks parents through the big feelings that accompany each age and stage of development and how they can best support their child through it all. It offers guidance on the temperaments, or emotional tendencies, our children are born …
The countdown is on… (yes, literally – check out my site for the countdown box!) to the publication date of Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids — from Toddlers to Teenagers! In collaboration with the publisher — Quarto Knows/Fair Winds Press — we are able to provide bonus materials …
“Are you okay?” I asked as E made a beeline from the outdoors in straight to the upstairs bathroom and shut the door. “No,” he uttered angrily coming out and showing me bloody elbows and knees and scraps up and down the side of his body. It was his first day out of school. And …
It is with great pleasure and delight that I announce the very first book from Jennifer S. Miller and this site: Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and Our Kids — From Toddlers to Teenagers. When I asked fifty parents in a neighborhood Mom’s Club the question: “what one issue do you …
Join EQ #ChildrensDay! To celebrate the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day, November 20, allies in 100+ countries will collaborate to bring more emotional intelligence awareness and resources to children and the adults who support them… and you are invited to be part of it! EQ #ChildrensDay celebration will create a long-lasting impact as participants will …
NYMetro Parents Magazine published an article in their October issue including interviews with Kathryn Lee, Director of Yale University’s RULER for Families and Confident Parents, Confident Kids’ author, Jennifer Miller on tips for how parents can support the development of emotional intelligence at various ages and stages. The article also points to important research from …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: #NYMetroParents, Ages and Stages, CASEL, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, Emotional development, Emotional Intelligence, EQ, Jennifer Miller, Kathryn Lee, NYMetro Parents Magazine, Yale University's RULER for Families
“That’s mine!” Sophie heard her daughter scream at her younger sibling from the next room. As Sophie turned her attention to the unfolding scene, she saw her upset child swipe a doll out of the hands of her sister and hit her across the shoulder. What should Sophie do next? Young children, as they begin …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Anger, Anger management, Anxiety, Dealing with Anger, Emotional Intelligence, Kids and anger, kids breathing, kids calming down, modeling emotional intelligence, Parenting, parents and anger, understanding anger, young children anger, young children tantrums, young children upset
Want to learn practical, simple ways to promote self-control in your children? Today, check out my interview with Aditi Verma, Co-founder of Lead with Good. I discuss how parents can practically promote self-control through various ages and stages. Aditi asks excellent questions and poses examples from her own life as a parent. Lead with Good …
I spoke with the talented team at Pearson Education – sponsors of the NBC Parent Toolkit – about a hot topic as we approach this U.S. holiday. What do you do when family conversations are heated or divided around politics? Here’s how it begins… __________________________________________________________ “Affirm their strong feeling –‘I can hear you feel …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Emotional Intelligence, Emotional intelligence at Thanksgiving, Emotional intelligence with family, Families fighting fair, holiday anxiety, holiday stress, Kids, NBC Parent Toolkit, Parents, Pearson Education, politics family conversations, Thanksgiving
I am excited to join in a conversation about emotions incited by the new Pixar movie, “Inside Out.” This chat, organized by Girl Leadership, includes participants from Common Sense Media, Ruler – the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Encourage Play and more. I will represent CASEL- the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. Please …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: #HowDoYouFeel, Boundary setting, CASEL, Emotional boundaries, Emotional Intelligence, Encourage Play, Girl Leadership, Pixar's "Inside Out", Ruler - Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Twitter Chat on emotions