Social Emotional Intelligence is a term thrown around quite a bit these days-- but do we understand its critical role in healthy development and our dealings with others? The early childhood education level-- and beyond-- is a great time to begin teaching our future how to live with an understanding of who they are and how to live more harmoniously.

We chatted with Dana Kaplan, an early childhood education specialist and Founder of Developing Empathetic Education with Dana (DEEDS) about how she incorporates this into her lessons and what we all need to do to gain more social emotional intelligence and create a better future.