Simple Saturdays

I want to run through the steps of teaching your kids emotional intelligence. And to lay the groundwork for that, let's take a minute to explore our relationship to uncomfortable emotions. We are conditioned to view certain emotions as acceptable and unacceptable - and this causes us to have a low tolerance for these emotions that show up in ourselves and in our kids.  Emotional intelligence is important for moms because it helps us to walk them through their own emotions from a more tolerant, accepting, and capable place   Emotional intelligence in our kids We underrate their emotional capacity to observe and internalize the world around them Sometimes we parent the surface level of 'keeping them happy' - aka the Hustle for Happiness, Episode 66 Happy kids cannot be our parenting goal, it is short-sighted and defeating   Raising kids will emotional intelligence is important because it allows our kids to be: more mindful of how their emotions are impacting them less fearful of 'negative' emot