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Marc Brackett, PhD, argues that when adults normalize cruelty, children learn it too. Learn how emotional intelligence helps protect impressionable youth and break the cycle.

Students today navigate friendships, learning, and self-expression in both physical and digital spaces. The good news is that the skills they need to thrive in both worlds overlap.

Educators are navigating a rapidly evolving digital landscape where students are constantly consuming, creating, and reacting to media. Integrating emotional intelligence with digital citizenship and media literacy helps students think critically, manage emotions, and engage responsibly online.

In today’s health headlines, we’re talking about emotional regulation. What is it? And why it’s an important life skill.

Thirty-five Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) faculty and staff members were recognized for long-term service at Yale as of fiscal year 2026. YCSC community members gather annually each spring to mark milestone work anniversaries at a departmental community meeting.

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) has received a $10 million gift from Bukhman Philanthropies to support YSM's Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) and YCSC's two initiatives: Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program.

Marc Bracket, PhD, shares how school leaders can counter online misogyny by building emotionally intelligent cultures, digital literacy, and helping boys find belonging without dominance or harm.

In this article, Matthew R. Rodriguez highlights how RULER skills help youth and educators support well-being, relationships, and readiness for life through building emotional intelligence.

Marc Brackett, PhD, and Robin Stern, PhD, explore how rumination affects women’s mental and physical health and share three strategies to interrupt the cycle and strengthen emotional awareness.