Emotional intelligence expert LeeAnah James defines emotional intelligence this way: It's the ability to recognize and regulate emotions, and control the way your emotions influence others. As parents and educators, we need to model and teach emotional intelligence to the kids we have stewardship over. Listen to this great episode to learn how. Listen to the podcast here: LeeAnah James LeeAnah James studied business administration and got her MBA in Project Management. At her first job, she was the first and only woman to ever work at that location. The manager told her that she didn't have high emotional intelligence. LeeAnah took that as a challenge. She decided to learn more and increase
Parents bring home a helpless infant and have to do so many things for them. It can be hard as they grow to know what to stop doing for them. Parenting author and podcast host Chanelle Neilson talks in this episode about 7 things to stop doing for your kids to help them become more self reliant. Listen to the podcast here: Here are seven things you can stop doing for your child to help them become more self reliant. 1. Stop doing your kids work around the house. Give your children responsibilities to help clean up after themselves and to be responsible to help the family. 2. Stop buying all your kids' stuff. Let your children practice budgeting and using money, rather than handing them money
Listen to the podcast here: Teaching kids to love reading is what Kim Creigh is all about. While getting her masters in reading, she applied what she learned to her fourth grade classroom. Now she uses that information with her own kids and shares it with others on her blog, creative reading adventures. For show notes, visit: www.readwithyou.org Here is the link to that list of 10 books your kids will love: bit.ly/Love10books Here are Kim's social media links: www.facebook.com/groups/CreativeReadingAdventures www.instagram.com/CreativeReadingAdventures www.facebook.com/CreativeReadingAdventures Help your Kids Love Reading Research shows that enjoyment of reading is a big factor. Kim always l
How to Use Reading to Teach Values with Nina Dubuisson “Everything begins with your belief system,” says Nina. “Our 37 stories are character builders that help develop traits such as honor, respect, and courage. To build character you need a principle, the fundamental truth that serves as the foundation for a belief system. A belief system is an ideology or set of principles that help us to interpret our everyday reality. It is your philosophy for your life." Nina and Chris are the authors of the book, Bad Kids, Good Kids that helps to teach children values and ideology. To get the book, visit: www.badkidsgoodkids.com Listen to the podcast here: About Chris and Nina Chris studied engineeri
