Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids Archives - UPower Presentations - Sara Westbrook https://upowerpresentations.com/tag/raising-emotionally-intelligent-kids/ Motivational Speaker About Confidence, Respect and Resilience Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Teaching Kids the Emotional Impact of Their Actions https://upowerpresentations.com/teaching-kids-the-emotional-impact-of-their-actions/ https://upowerpresentations.com/teaching-kids-the-emotional-impact-of-their-actions/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:03:53 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=5906 My son was getting ready for school, but not at the pace he needed to in order to catch the bus. I started noticing a pattern – every time I reminded him to do something, he responded with, ‘I’ll do it. Just give me a minute.’ The minutes kept passing and nothing was getting done. […]

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]]> https://upowerpresentations.com/teaching-kids-the-emotional-impact-of-their-actions/feed/ 0 Ditching the phrase ‘make a good choice’ https://upowerpresentations.com/make-a-good-choice/ Thu, 16 May 2024 00:07:45 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=5687 I avoid saying ‘make a good choice’ to my son. I’ve found that saying ‘good’ isn’t specific enough. Instead, I encourage him to make choices that align with his character. I emphasize specific character traits by saying, ‘make a respectful choice’, ‘make a determined choice’, ‘make a kind choice’, ‘make a responsible choice’ etc. Remember […]

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