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"The breakdown of the extended family and communities, and the higher rates of divorce and one-parent- families, have led to a shake-up of the belief that we can leave children's emotional and social development to parents."
Is the following the solution?

What is 'Emotional Literacy'?

Emotional literacy is the ability to understand ourselves and others and to be aware of, understand and to use information about the emotional states of others with competence. It includes the ability to understand, express and manage our own emotions, and respond to the emotions of others, in ways that are helpful to ourselves and others.
From: Developing the Emotionally Literate School (Weare, 2004)

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There is convincing evidence to suggest that developing the social and emotional competence of children and young people leads to improved well-being, self-esteem, pro-social behaviour and higher achievement.

The environments that encourage emotional and social competence are:

an enriched physical environment
an enriched emotional environment.

We now understand that by providing these environments, together with specific training and coaching in personal and social skills, we can enable children and young people to develop emotional maturity far more effectively than we could before. Many schools believe that emotional intelligence can and must be developed because it leads to so many benefits. They are therefore finding ways to explicitly place emotional literacy at the heart of their approach to learning, teaching, achieving, behaviour change and well-being.

Aspects of emotional literacy

The various aspects of emotional literacy as described by Katherine Weare in her book 'Developing the Emotionally Literate School' are outlined here.

Self-understanding:

having an accurate and positive view of ourselves
having a sense of optimism about the world and ourselves
having a coherent and continuous life story.

Understanding and managing emotions:

experiencing the whole range of emotions
understanding the causes of our emotions
expressing our emotions appropriately
managing our responses to our emotions effectively: for example, managing our anger, controlling our impulses
knowing how to feel good more often and for longer
using information about emotions to plan and solve problems
resilience: processing, and bouncing back from, difficult experiences.

Understanding social situations and making relationships:

forming attachments to other people
experiencing empathy for others
communicating with others and responding effectively
managing our relationships effectively
being autonomous, independent and self-reliant.

Source: Health Promoting Schools

If you want to deal further with above topic, get hold of below texts which are worthwhile analyzing with your students:

1. Teaching children how to be happy
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2. Government tells schools to focus on emotional development as parents cannot be trusted
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3. Should teachers be therapists?
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