A few days ago I came across a slideshow on internet which was about the parents of children with high emotional intelligence. This is mostly what I came across in it. Since I think it might be beneficial to somebody out there, I'm trying to put it down here.

1 They understood the power of silence.

(Meaning, you don't have to be vocal about anything and everything).

2 They named their own emotions.

(Not that of their children. I believe, if you sincerely name your own emotions, you grow by doing so, and you help your child control her own emotions).

3 They apologized to their child.

(Many parents are reluctant to do this. But, if you do this, you already communicate to the child that it's okay to make mistakes and if you make mistakes you have to be sorry about it)

4 They didn't force 'please', 'thank you', 'sorry' etc. on their children.

Instead they themselves said sorry or please or thank you. Then it's not so much of a trained courtesy, but a learned courtesy that they will have.

5 They didn't dismiss small worries of kids.

Kids certainly may have their little worries. Instead of dismissing them, walk with them.

6 They didn't always offer solutions.

Instead they helped their kids to come up with solutions. Kids learned to make solutions and sometimes their solutions failed. And they learned from their failed solutions to make better solutions next time.

7 They instilled empathy.

The parents showed empathy and trusted their children. And acknowledged that their kids were empathetic.

8 They embraced boredom.

Boredom is part of life. If the parents embraced boredom and allowed the children to be bored, the kids also learned to live with boredom. (Nowadays as soon as one is bored, immediately s/he take the phone and opens the Internet or social media).