Societies that value social and emotional development across the lifespan cultivate healthier individuals, families, and communities. Emotion skills develop in early childhood and continue to grow with us through adulthood. By creating the best conditions for children to learn and develop healthy emotional skills, they stay healthy, cultivate empathy, keep positive relationships, solve problems, and reach their goals long term.
Earlier this year, The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood in collaboration with Marc Brackett, PhD, released a unifying framework that makes social and emotional development more accessible and impactful across a variety of settings in the UK.