It’s not enough for children to memorize facts: they must learn to live with their own emotions and with those of others. This requires a new perspective on education. Including emotional development in early childhood education is not a luxury—it’s an urgent need. Childhood is a unique opportunity: whatever is emotionally sown in that fertile ground will grow.

Teaching emotional intelligence from the earliest years is giving children tools for life—not just to pass exams. It is preparing a generation capable of feeling without fear, loving without violence, expressing themselves without hurting—and being the true owners of themselves.

Key Point Six: Emotional Intelligence in Adulthood—Relationships, Work, and Health

Adulthood is not defined solely by what we know, but by how we manage what we feel. Throughout daily life—at home, at work, in public—handling our own emotions and those of others determines success or failure, connection or isolation, well-being or chronic stress. Emotional skills are constantly tested in specific situations: an argument with a partner, a negotiation with a client, a boss’s criticism, a disappointment, a personal mistake.