[b][/b]In the last decade or so, science
has discovered a tremendous
amount about the role emotions
play in our lives. Researchers
have found that even more than
IQ, your emotional awareness
and ability to handle feelings
will determine your success and
happiness in all walks of life,
including family relationships.

Children whose parents
consistently practice Emotion
Coaching have better physical
health and score higher
academically than children
whose parents don't offer such
guidance. These kids get along
better with friends, have fewer
behavior problems, and are less
prone to acts of violence. Over
all, children who are Emotion-
Coached experience fewer
negative feelings and more
positive feelings. In short,
they're more healthy
emotionally.

parent-child interactions
typically happens in five steps.
The parents:
1. become aware of the child's
emotion;
2. recognize the emotion as an
opportunity for intimacy and
teaching;
3. listen empathetically,
validating the child's feelings;
4. help the child find words to
label the emotion he is having;
and
5. set limits while exploring
strategies to solve the problem
at hand.
parent-child interactions
typically happens in five steps.
The parents:
1. become aware of the child's
emotion;
2. recognize the emotion as an
opportunity for intimacy and
teaching;
3. listen empathetically,
validating the child's feelings;
4. help the child find words to
label the emotion he is having;
and
5. set limits while exploring
strategies to solve the problem
at hand.

With more than half of all
marriages now ending in
divorce, millions of children are
at risk for problems many social
scientists have linked to family
dissolution. These problems
include school failure, rejection
by other children, depression,
health challenges, and antisocial
behavior. Such problems can also
affect children from unhappy,
conflict-ridden homes even
when their parents don't
divorce. Our own research shows
that when a couple constantly
fights, their conflict gets in
the way of their child's ability
to form friendships. We also
found that marital conflict
affects a child's schoolwork and
increases the child's
susceptibility to illness. We now
know that a major result of the
epidemic of ailing and dissolving
marriages in our society is an
increase in deviant and violent
behavior among children and
teenagers.

Education is not preparation
for life; education is life
itself....................

The function of education is
to teach one to think
intensively and to think
critically. Intelligence plus
character - that is the goal
of true education.