What Parents Can Do

2/22/01: GLEF Staff

Article featuring Six Seconds Director of Programs, Joshua Freedman

• Be a good listener. Joshua Freedman, director of programs for Six Seconds, a nonprofit organization supporting emotional intelligence in families, schools, corporations, and communitities, describes listening as a “core competency skill.” Unfortunately, it’s not always practiced by parents or children. For a list of strategies and activities for building listening skills, read Freedman’s article on the subject, one of the many useful resources at KidSource Online.