What are the best ways parents can support SEL at home?

No textbooks required—just a little heart and a lot of listening. SEL at home is about turning everyday moments into teachable ones. Talk about emotions like they’re part of normal life (because they are). Ask your kid how their day felt, not just what happened. Praise effort, not just A’s. Teach that it’s okay to fail, as long as they try again without throwing snacks. And when you lose your cool (because let’s be real, parenting is hard), narrate the recovery. “I got frustrated. I took a breath. Let’s talk.” That’s SEL in action. You’re not raising a robot—you’re raising a full-on, emotionally fluent human. Go you.