Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

School success is not predicted by a child's fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional and social measures; being self-assured and interested: knowing what kind of behavior is expected and how to rein in the impulse to misbehave; being able to wait, to follow directions, and to turn to teachers for help; and expressing needs while getting along with other children.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

Emotions are contagious. We've all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad.

When the eyes of a woman that a man finds attractive look directly at him, his brain secretes the pleasure-inducing chemical dopamine - but not when she looks elsewhere.

The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.