Children grow with praise and shrivel with criticism. Many significant adults in their life appear to be unaware of this. We have a feeling brain, which is greater than our thinking brain. When children are upset the feeling brain takes over and shuts down the thinking with the resulting effect on learning. Emotional intelligence Quotient (EQ) is being aware of our children's feelings as well as our own. However, awareness itself is not good enough; we also need to have the skills to bridge the gap.