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Educators, Long Disturbed By Schoolchildren's Lagging Scores In Math And Reading, Are Realizing There Is A Different And More Alarming Deficiency: Emotional Literacy. And While Laudable Efforts Are Being Made To Raise Academic Standards, This New And Troubling Deficiency Is Not Being Addressed In The Standard School Curriculum. As One Brooklyn Teacher Put It, The Present Emphasis In Schools Suggests That "we Care More About How Well Schoolchildren Can Read And Write Than Whether They'll Be Alive Next Week."

Empathy And Social Skills Are Social Intelligence, The Interpersonal Part Of Emotional Intelligence. That's Why They Look Alike.

Teachers Need To Be Comfortable Talking About Feelings. This Is Part Of Teaching Emotional Literacy - A Set Of Skills We Can All Develop, Including The Ability To Read, Understand, And Respond Appropriately To One's Own Emotions And The Emotions Of Others.

Compassion Begins With Attention.

I Think The Smartest Thing For People To Do To Manage Very Distressing Emotions Is To Take A Medication If It Helps, But Don't Do Only That. You Also Need To Train Your Mind.