Emotional literacy can act as a preventative tool. If done correctly and understood fully, being emotionally literate can help us avoid many problems of modern society. Several of these problems are caused, in part, by a lack of emotional misunderstanding and miscommunication.
Thus, being emotionally literate has some benefits:
- Tolerate frustration better
- Higher likelihood of avoiding a mental illness
- Lessen your chances of being drug dependent
- Get in fewer fights
- More likely to avoid global societal conflicts
- Live an overall healthier life
- Maintain positive relationships
- More chances of being successful in life
- An overall higher quality of life
- Improved self-awareness
- Enhanced emotional control
- Increased levels of empathy
- Increased problem solving skills
- Reduced levels of bullying in schools
If you need more convincing, check out this article about the benefits of teaching emotional literacy in school settings. In the reading you will discover the whys, whats and hows of emotional literacy and lesson instructions (p. 9-10) to get you started in your own classroom.
Thus, being emotionally literate has some benefits:
- Tolerate frustration better
- Higher likelihood of avoiding a mental illness
- Lessen your chances of being drug dependent
- Get in fewer fights
- More likely to avoid global societal conflicts
- Live an overall healthier life
- Maintain positive relationships
- More chances of being successful in life
- An overall higher quality of life
- Improved self-awareness
- Enhanced emotional control
- Increased levels of empathy
- Increased problem solving skills
- Reduced levels of bullying in schools
If you need more convincing, check out this article about the benefits of teaching emotional literacy in school settings. In the reading you will discover the whys, whats and hows of emotional literacy and lesson instructions (p. 9-10) to get you started in your own classroom.