Review: A book to nurture emotional intelligence in the young
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
This book reminds us that it is possible and invaluable to nurture emotional intelligence at a young age. Its story revolves around a common type of dispute among young siblings. In this case a brother and sister are fighting over the use of a bicycle.However their conflict is observed by a young spider and his Grandpa who then get a message to the children's parents about their children's dispute. The parents resolve the  dispute by letting the children know that express what they're feeling but it's not okay to hate or aim that anger at others.The use of the spiders is clever because if children identify with the young spider they become benign observers of children in dispute - and learn it is possible to do something positive about it.