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" We have a crisis in our hands, and our children are the victims ."

Dr. Mark Brackett is a professor at the Yale Center for Child Studies and the founding professor at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. In his 25 years as an emotions scientist, he has developed a powerful and ingenious plan to improve the lives of children and adults: a blueprint for understanding and using our emotions wisely so that they contribute to our success and well-being, rather than hindering it. At the heart of his approach is the legacy of his childhood, which he gained from his wise uncle who gave him permission to feel. He was the first adult to look at Mark, listen to him, and recognize the suffering, bullying, and even harassment he had endured. This marked the beginning of Mark's awareness that what he was experiencing was temporary. He wasn't alone, he wasn't bound by a schedule, and it wasn't "wrong" to feel scared, isolated, lonely, and angry. Now, the best thing was that he could take action about it .

In the decades that followed, Mark led large research teams and raised tens of millions of dollars to study the roots of emotional well-being. He coined the acronym "FITTIT" for his prescription for the well-being of children (and their parents, teachers, and schools), and it became his way of sharing strategies and skills with readers worldwide. He tried it, and it worked. This book is a blend of scientific rigor, passion, and inspiration in equal measure. Many children and adults struggle, feel ashamed of their feelings, and lack the emotional skills to cope, but they don't have to be. Dr. Mark Brackett's life's mission is to break the cycle of that suffering, and this book can show you how .