EQ Parenting Workbook

Help Your Child Build Emotional Skills for Life

Parenting through big emotions isn't always easy. Knowing how to help your child understand what they're feeling, express it effectively and navigate challenging moments can make a meaningful difference.

The EQ Parenting Workbook, Volume 1, gives parents and caregivers practical guidance, exercises and resources to strengthen children's emotional awareness, resilience, communication and healthy coping skills. Designed to make emotional intelligence practical and approachable, this digital workbook helps you support the emotional skills your child can carry with them throughout life.

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Marshall Connects Emotional Intelligence EQ Parenting Workbook

Why Emotional Intelligence Matters for Children

Children aren't born knowing how to understand every emotion, communicate what they're feeling or respond effectively when emotions become overwhelming. These are skills that develop over time, with guidance, practice and support. 

By helping children strengthen their emotional intelligence, parents and caregivers can support greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, communication and resilience. 

The EQ Parenting Workbook gives you practical ways to bring these skills into everyday family life, helping you become an emotional coach your child can turn to as they learn to navigate their emotions.

What You'll Learn

With the EQ Parenting Workbook, Volume 1, you'll discover practical ways to:

  • Help Your Child Understand Their Emotions: Support your child in recognizing, naming and expressing emotions in healthier, more constructive ways.
  • Strengthen Resilience and Self-Confidence: Help your child navigate challenges, disappointment and setbacks while building confidence in their ability to cope.
  • Encourage Open Communication: Create opportunities for meaningful conversations about emotions while strengthening listening, validation and connection between you and your child.
  • Develop Healthy Coping Strategies: Explore practical techniques that can help children navigate stress, frustration and other challenging emotions.
  • Build Emotional Skills for Life: Support the development of emotional regulation, empathy, self-awareness and other skills that can benefit your child at home, at school and throughout life.

What's Inside the EQ Parenting Workbook?

Practical learning. Meaningful reflection. Tools you can actually use.

The EQ Parenting Workbook, Volume 1, combines emotional intelligence fundamentals with practical resources designed to help parents put what they learn into action.

Inside, you'll find:

  • Emotional intelligence fundamentals for parents
  • Articles and educational guidance
  • Practical parenting strategies
  • Reflection exercises and activities
  • Tools to support emotional awareness and communication
  • Resources you can revisit as your child grows
  • 23 Pages | 4 Practical Exercises |  Parenting Resources

Download it once and use it your way. After purchasing, you'll receive the digital workbook by email. Print a copy to write in by hand or use it digitally, whichever works best for you.

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Is This Workbook Right for You?

The EQ Parenting Workbook is designed for parents and caregivers who want to better understand children's emotions and take a more intentional approach to supporting their emotional development.

It can help you if you want practical guidance to:

  • Talk with your child about emotions
  • Help your child identify and express what they're feeling
  • Respond more effectively during emotionally challenging moments
  • Encourage healthy coping and emotional regulation
  • Strengthen communication and connection
  • Help your child develop greater resilience, empathy and self-awareness

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Created by Emotional Intelligence Thought Leader & Educator Linda Marshall

Expertise in emotional intelligence. A foundation in early childhood education. Decades of experience helping people grow.

Linda Marshall is an author, speaker, and Emotional Intelligence thought leader with more than 35 years of experience educating and empowering others. She began her career in 1982 as an Early Childhood Educator and Resource Teacher at Mohawk College, an experience that helped shape her lifelong commitment to learning, development and human potential.

Today, as President of Marshall Connects, Linda draws on her extensive experience in emotional intelligence, education, training and coaching to help people strengthen the skills that influence how they understand themselves, communicate and connect with others. She is certified in EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 and is the author of Giving Back, The Power of Emotion and The Mindful Journal.

Through the EQ Parenting Workbook, Volume 1, Linda brings together her background in early childhood education and emotional intelligence to give parents practical guidance and tools to help support their children's emotional development.

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Give Your Child Emotional Skills They Can Carry for Life

You can't prevent every difficult emotion or challenging moment your child will experience, but you can help them develop the skills to better understand, communicate and navigate their emotions.

Start building emotional intelligence together with the EQ Parenting Workbook, Volume 1.

Digital Download | Print or Use Digitally
$9.99 CAD


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