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THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHILDREN Dear Reader, I wandered into the area of emotional intelligence when researching materials to use in a psychology senior capstone course designed to help college students make a successful transition to the working world. In the fifteen years I’ve studied and taught about emotional intelligence since then, the research has grown and the positive benefits of high skill levels in emotional intelligence are much better known. I’m glad you’ve chosen to learn more about emotional intelligence and how to foster it in your children. You’ll notice that I often explain concepts like temperament or ground the information about emotional intelligence within the context of children’s overall development. Knowledge of typical development and the uniqueness of your child will help you apply the concepts you learn much more effectively. Some of the stories in this book are fictional but many of them are true with children’s and parents’ names changed to protect their identity. There’s one notable exception to this pattern. The story about optimism in Chapter 17 includes a true story about a child n......