Margo Lanagan Quotes

I don't think I get that upset over things.

By what you do, you teach your children how to respond to difficult information.

Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.

Everybody handles things differently.

I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life. My way of dealing with frustration is to shut down and to think and speak logically.

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.

Call me boring, but I can't handle negative situations.

Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a road map for how to handle painful emotions.

I listen to my emotions. That's why I react once I get provoked sometimes.

Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.

I don't know how you can understand other people or yourself if you haven't read a lot of books. I just don't think you're equipped to deal with the demands and decisions of life, particularly in your dealings with other people.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

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.

I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.

With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.

I'm a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge me as a socially-responsible human being.

I just don't think that a lot of the time the messages we send kids prepare them for real life.

There is a time in the life of every predicament where it is ripe for resolution. Emotions provide the cue to act when a problem is big enough to see, yet still small enough to solve. By understanding your emotions, you can move adeptly through your current challenges and prevent future ones.