Transforming The Toddler Years- Parents and Educators Raising Calm, Connected, Capable Kids
Jun 30, 2026 · 15 min · 10 segments
**What happens when your child has to navigate relationships with people they simply don't click with?** In this episode, I take a **deeper dive into relational intelligence, exploring how children…
Last time I talked about relational intelligence as in helping your kids learn what it feels like to be in healthy, connected relationships based on the core four connectors.
Now I want to talk about what happens when your children are asked to navigate relatable moments with people who aren't easy to relate to.
And you need to be developing the skills to navigate that with grace and compassion and empathy, even if those are not your natural skills or natural traits.
when my middle child was in kindergarten and the kindergarten teacher like shouldn't have been in kindergarten anymore.
And when you talk about like old school, oh, she was as old as school gets in her methodologies and her beliefs.
So the fact that we all do this work together between birth and five, that's what really matters.
And because of where I live, because I live in a small rural town in southern Vermont, the option to say, hey, can I move my kiddo from this classroom to another kindergarten room did not exist.
Last time I talked about relational intelligence as in helping your kids learn what it feels like to be in healthy, connected relationships based on the core four connectors.
Now I want to talk about what happens when your children are asked to navigate relatable moments with people who aren't easy to relate to.
And you need to be developing the skills to navigate that with grace and compassion and empathy, even if those are not your natural skills or natural traits.
when my middle child was in kindergarten and the kindergarten teacher like shouldn't have been in kindergarten anymore.
And when you talk about like old school, oh, she was as old as school gets in her methodologies and her beliefs.
So the fact that we all do this work together between birth and five, that's what really matters.
And because of where I live, because I live in a small rural town in southern Vermont, the option to say, hey, can I move my kiddo from this classroom to another kindergarten room did not exist.
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