The Emotional and Social Skills Your Teen Needs To Thrive / Interview with Jennifer Miller

Teens and tweens with strong emotional intelligence are more self-aware, good communicators, and have strong relationships with others. We all want this for our children, but how do we help them when many of us have never been taught?

Parents can learn how to cultivate social and emotional intelligence in their teens and tweens in many ways. Jennifer Miller, M.Ed. has twenty-five years of experience working with adults to help them become more effective with children through social and emotional learning. She is the author of the book, “Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids — From Toddlers to Teenagers.” She is the founder of the website Confident Parents Confident Kids where she helps parents raise confident kids. 

What you will learn:

• What is emotional intelligence and how can we teach our kids when no one taught us?
• The five core skills of emotional and social intelligence.
• How parents can coach their children through issues that arise within other relationships.
• How you can use questions to help your child develop a sense of higher-order thinking skills.
• When to step in and when to allow your teen to take a risk.
• The value of parents expressing confidence in their teens’ abilities.
• When talking with your teen, how you can help them see things from different perspectives?
• What impact does it have on our families when parents take a "time out" to process their emotions?
• Why you should have a phrase with your teen that means you both need to take a step away.

 Where to find Jennifer:

Website: Confident Parents Confident Kids
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/confidentparentsconfidentkids
Jennifer's Book: Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence in Ourselves and Our Kids--from Toddlers to Teenagers

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