Emotional Literacy is the ability to recognize, understand, label and express feelings through spoken language, body language and facial expressions. Developing emotional literacy helps with self-regulation, resiliency, communication, empathy, pro-social behaviours, and strengthens relationships.

In a world where division feels like the default setting, developing emotional literacy can help your child move toward connection. Strengthening emotional literacy provides a foundation for communication that encourages appreciation of similarities and difference between people. This appreciation strengthens communal values and connectedness.

Nurturing emotional literacy for our children is a concrete step to shifting the division in our communities by supporting the leaders of tomorrow.