Building Emotional Intelligence Quotes

“slowing down an activity may meet with greater success than doing it quickly.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

“Silence may be something unusual for her—and it could take time for her to adjust to the possibilities silence provides.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

“Helping children master their emotions and relationships makes them better learners.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Practices to Cultivate Inner Resilience in Children

“When adults ignore their children’s feelings, children come to believe their feelings are not important. When we repeatedly threaten or punish children for a display of emotion, children learn that emotions are dangerous things that need to be held inside and hidden—an invitation to later depression or rage.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

“Nothing can quite take the place of reading a good book out loud together. It can be calming, comforting, and inspiring. It is a powerful opportunity to bond and share in the delight of a good story.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

“Adolescents thrive on rituals that acknowledge their growing independence and passage into adulthood.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

“it’s helpful to focus your child’s attention on the present moment by deciding together on one thing you may particularly look for.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children

“that in modern life we overuse the “fight, flight, or freeze” response, because we respond to many situations as if they are life-threatening when they are not. As a result, our nervous systems don’t have time to recover, because we are activating this response too frequently.”
― Linda Lantieri, Building Emotional Intelligence: Techiques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children