Supporting Children’s Emotions and Relationships

Another way to consider what a “good” choice might be for your child’s education is their emotional well-being. Perhaps some parents ignore this, but I doubt you’d be reading this if you did.

Dr. Elizabeth King is a Full Professor of Child and Family Development at Missouri State University, whose work focuses on early childhood educators’ beliefs about race and gender, as well as their emotional language. That last part is what I want to focus on in this snapshot of her work.

These days, we hear a lot of discussion about the particular challenge of raising conscientious boys, what with all of the dangerous influences at their fingertips.

I say this not to say that only boys matter, but, since I do have two of my own, what I can do for them occupies a great deal of my thoughts. The article selected, while not exclusively focused on boys, has some interesting findings on their emotional well-being, and if you have any sons or nephews – or expect your children to interact with sons and nephews – it’s worth taking a look at.