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Jun 2022
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#291: How to Raise Emotionally Intellige...

Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist
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Emotional intelligence gives us and our kids freedom to choose how we want to show up in the world. Emotional intelligence is such an important attribute to develop early in life. But most of us didn't have this kind of upbringing ourselves. So having the tools to help our kids develop this is something we practice and learn. The earlier we can help our kids with this, the easier it is for them. Alyssa has some amazing knowledge to share about how we can do just this!

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