​What can Parents Do to Develop Child’s EQ

What can Parents Do to Develop Child’s EQ

As a patent , we all want our kids to be as happy and successful as they can possibly be. We also want them to be good human beings.

So it is very important to develop your child’s EQ from a young age. Here are a few ways you can do this:

1. Teach her how to identify her feelings from an early age

A toddler throwing a tantrum is an ideal opportunity to teach her about her emotions. Get your child tell you what she is feeling as opposed what she wants; is she feeling sad or angry?

Likewise, do this in happy moments too. Your child will learn to identify her different emotions, and in time, verbalise and deal with them.

2. Always show empathy

Empathising doesn’t mean agreeing. Once you teach your child to talk about how she is feeling, she will (in true kid-style) tell you how she is feeling all the time! Handle this by acknowledging her feelings, and if you can’t agree to what she wants, explain why.

3. Teach her problem solving

For instance, if your child comes crying to tell you she’s feeling angry that her brother has torn her artwork, use the opportunity to show her how to deal with the issue.

Praise her for not yelling at her brother. Thank her for telling you about the issue and for sharing her feelings with you.

Give her options on how she can fix the problem; suggest that both of you paste the picture back together, or that you can help her create something new.

This will show her that there’s always a solution to a problem. Follow through with the solution she chooses.