CHILDREN BLOGS
CHILDREN BLOGS
category: children
11 Jan 2007

EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ — In this era of school violence, divorce, and peer pressure, growing up is hard to do. “We all have hardships - its part of life. How you choose to take action makes all the difference,” said Robin Schafer mother of three.After the birth of one of her children, Schafer had a near-death experience that put her in a hospital away from her family and newborn for several weeks. She lost the ability to walk; but through sheer determination and physical therapy, regained that ability. She shares the lessons learned from that harrowing experience with parents and kids today in a new online EQ program she created.

The website Masterfulkids.com is an online subscription program for kids and parents to improve Emotional Intelligence (EQ). The EQ concept made it into pop culture by Dan Goleman in his best-selling book, “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ” (Bantam 1997). Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and George Lucas embraced EQ. While there are many products on the market for executives and educators, Masterfulkids.com is the first online EQ learning program exclusively written for kids and their parents.

Masterfulkids.com gives parents support and tools to help their kids with topics including: “I Can Achieve Goals,” “I Understand My Feelings,” and “I Learn from My Mistakes,” parents can participate and navigate often difficult parenting territory. Masterfulkids.com provides online parent support with a Parents Forum, connecting parents and exchanging strategies.

Kids like the Masterfulkids.com comprehensive program, which includes videos dealing with tough issues where kids talk to other kids about their strategies. The honesty and connection kids feel with the Masterfulkids.com video friends is powerful. In addition, there is an online daily journal and an online Kids Opinion section where kids can post questions and impressions of their learning.

“I want to share my experience with parents and kids to make a positive difference,” Schafer concludes. She is determined to help parents and kids.

More information about Masterfulkids.com is available at www.masterfulkids.com.