Have you, as a parent, ever found yourself treating your children in a
way you would never tolerate from someone else? The authors of
Emotionally Intelligent Parenting call for a new Golden Rule: Do
unto your children as you would have other people do unto your children.
And most important, they show us how to live by it. Based upon extensive
research, firsthand experience, and case studies, Emotionally
Intelligent Parenting breaks the mold of traditional parenting books by
taking into account the strong role of emotions -- those of parents and
children -- in psychological development. With this book, parents will
learn how to communicate with children on a deeper, more gratifying
level and how to help them successfully navigate the intricacies of
relating to others. The authors take the five basic principles of Daniel
Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence, and explain how they
can be applied to successful parenting. To this end, the book offers
suggestions, stories, dialogues, activities, and a special section of
Sound EQ Parenting Bites to help parents use their emotions in the most
constructive ways, focusing on such everyday issues as sibling rivalry,
fights with friends, school situations, homework, and peer pressure. In
the authors' extensive experience, children respond quickly to these
strategies, their self-confidence is strengthened, their curiosity is
piqued, and they learn to assert their independence while developing
their ability to make responsible choices.
