by Michele Borba | Dec 18, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Resilience, Thriving, Thrivers, UnSelfie
Ways to Help Children Learn Emotional Literacy Your two-year-old looks at the tears in your eyes and gently pats your face. Your school-age child sees that his friend is sad and gently puts his arm on his shoulder and tells him, “It’s okay. It’ll get better.” Your...
by Michele Borba | Jun 13, 2016 | Articles, Character and Moral Intelligence, Depression and Suicide, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Parenting
“Dear Dr. Borba: My eight-year old is so upset by the terrorist attack in Orlando. He saw the television news. Now he’s afraid to let me out of his sight and cried when his daddy left for work. I don’t know what to tell him or do to make him feel safe. Do you...
by Michele Borba | May 29, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions, UnSelfie
Of course we want our kids to be compassionate and sensitive to other people’s feelings. The problem is that many kids’ “empathy potential” is greatly handicapped because they don’t have the ability to identify and express emotions. They have...
by Michele Borba | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Let’s play “Back to the Future” and pretend it’s twenty-five years from now. Your kids are grown, and they’re healthy and happy. (What we all hope, right?) So here’s your key question to contemplate as you pretend to look at your adults: What character traits...
by Michele Borba | Jan 31, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence
The family is the first school of virtue, so make sure you’re schooling your child in the lessons of character. Hundreds of years ago Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, said that the best way to teach character is through example. That premise still stands up...
