Category: Emotions and Feelings

Emotional Intelligence or How to Raise Your Child to be Happy

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Emotional intelligence refers to the ability of a person to manage his emotions in a healthy way and to respond appropriately to the feelings of others.  Many psychologists speak of this ability in terms of a high or low emotional intelligence quotient (EQ). A child who scores high on EQ has an even-keeled temperament, and a realistic view of who ...

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Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Crises and Disasters

Dr. Tali Shenfield

It's hard to keep disturbing news away from your child. With environmental dangers like hurricanes and earthquakes, human dangers like terrorism and the news media faithfully following the old adage "If it bleeds it leads" there's bad news everywhere. While some children tend to react anxiously to disturbing news, others keep it in. They don't seem to react but fixate ...

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