Emotional awareness enables us to understand what we need and want. It helps us form better relationships. It’s because being familiar with our emotions can assist us to talk about feelings more clearly, avoid or resolve conflicts better, and move past difficult feelings more easily. Like adults, children need to think of strategies for managing their emotions, so that they can build social-emotional skills. When children are more socially and emotionally aware and skilled, they can more effectively navigate relationships, be calm and solve problems when challenges appear.