HuffPost reports that while the term 'emotional intelligence' isn't a strictly clinical one, it's still important. So, how do you know if your child has it?<br />Parents should start by asking themselves a few questions. The first is whether your child can describe their feelings and other people's feelings.<br />Young children have trouble expressing complex emotions but can usually express happy, mad, and sad. Empathy for others comes later, but it should come.<br />Next, is your child behaving more or less like other children of the same age? Developmental milestones, even emotional ones, are a good gauge.<br />Finally, can your child handle tough emotions and still function? And are you modelling a way for them to do it appropriately?<br />It really goes back to sitting down and having conversations around these core concepts with your children. Patty Treend Managing Partner, LearnEQ
