Can Pets Teach Emotional Intelligence Better Than Adults Sometimes Can?
Pets quietly nurture emotional intelligence in children through empathy, companionship, responsibility, emotional awareness, and unconditional acceptance every single day.
Pets quietly nurture emotional intelligence in children through empathy, companionship, responsibility, emotional awareness, and unconditional acceptance every single day.
Let’s begin this year with a fresh resolve (I intentionally didn’t say ‘new’ and chose ‘fresh’) to read more. If we read more, it’ll be easier to motivate the children to read more.
The blank page reflects my mind, sometimes cluttered, sometimes calm. With each stroke, I feel something shift within me. It’s a reminder that words are transformational.
No point lamenting the sad state now or pointing fingers at one another.
What’s needed is action, steps to ensure you revive the habit of reading.
Children will want to engage in activities which excite them, offer something different from the usual things they are doing. These are just ideas. Build on them. Make it suitable for your child.
What’s happening is you’re investing long term into converting your little pirate or knight into a lifelong learner, one accent at a time.
Instead of jumping into the debate about which is better, it’s a better idea to appreciate the interplay between the books and their adaptations.
It’s okay to let the child feel bored sometimes. It forces them to think by themselves instead of depending on you or the gadgets to tell them what to do next.