Last Wednesday, October 10, 2012, I spoke at the East Menlo Park Boys and Girls Club on the San Francisco Peninsula. My topic was Winning Kids Over without Punishments or Rewards. Here is a picture of parents discussing concepts together so the new information is truly learned. Here are a few points from my talk.…
This past Thursday, October 11, 2012 I spoke at Stanford University on Enhancing Emotional Intelligence in the Family. This was my 11th talk sponsored by Stanford’s Work/Life Program. I based my talk on Daniel Goleman’s 4 areas of Emotional Intelligence. •EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS •MANAGING EMOTIONS •EMPATHY – READING EMOTIONS •HANDLING RELATIONSHIPS . My focus was on…
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