ABSTRACT
More than fifty years of psychological research and educational experience reveal that the fathers and mothers who are the happiest with the job they have carried out, those who have raised children who turn into autonomous adults, with good academic, intellectual, emotional and social development, are not the ones who take their children to the most expensive schools or fill their days with extracurricular activities. The secrets to a successful education are much simpler, although they may require a greater level of personal commitment. Neuroscience also tells us that enriching our parent/child conversations, cultivating patience and self-control and fostering emotional intelligence are valid, sensible strategies. Using empathy, helping to integrate highly emotional experiences, teaching the child to listen to both their reason and their emotion when making decisions and helping their frontal lobe to exercise self-control when the situation requires it, enriches the dialogue between emotional and rational intelligence.
