All parents do want to raise smart and happy kids. Apart from IQ (intelligence quotient), EQ (emotional quotient) that experts say is crucial to lifelong success and happiness. Over at Sesame Workshop, a short and easy-to-read article written by four experts, Dr. Charles Flatter, Dr. Kathryn Barnard, Dr. Robert Brooks and Lynne S. Dumas clearly show you how to nurture your child’s emotional growth from birth to eleven. It calls for a variety of strategies: self-awareness, empathy and problem solving that are used in relation to different age levels.

While IQ (intelligence quotient) measures the ability to learn facts and figures, EQ (emotional quotient) represents the ability to get along in the world by managing ourselves and relating well to others. Your child’s EQ depends on her understanding of her own and other people’s feelings, how she handles emotions like anger, and the way she solves interpersonal issues.

Through the Years: Emotional Intelligence [sesameworkshop.org]

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