This is a guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world. Once they master this important life skill, emotionally intelligent children will enjoy increased self-confidence, greater physical health, better performance in school, and healthier social relationships. This book equips parents with a five-step "emotion coaching" process that teaches how to: be aware of a child's emotions; recognize emotional expression as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching; listen empathetically and validate a child's feelings; label emotions in words a child can understand; and help a child come up with an appropriate way to solve a problem or deal with an upsetting issue or situation.
