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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Your nine-year-old is teased at school for being the new kid in class and he tells you he wants to run away.

Your six-year-old feels humiliated at soccer practice because she can’t kick the ball as well as the other girls (never mind they had a year more practice) and wants to quit.

Your four-year-old’s preschool teacher complains to you about your son being too aggressive with the other kids.

And your oldest teen girl gets a D on her last history exam and you find she seems to have given up studying and instead is sleeping and smoking pot most of her free time.

What does this all mean and what is a parent of a supposedly “smart” child to do? First, realize

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