Parenting Research

Research on emotion coaching, on the impact of marital discord, and the transition to parenthood are all elements of Dr. Gottman's parenting research agenda. At the heart these projects is the emotional life of children and the emotional communication between parents and their children. As Dr. Gottman and his colleagues studied parents and children and followed them as they developed over time, they made a number of observations and discoveries about the powerful impact that emotional processes can have on children and their parents.

Watch a short video about raising emotionally intelligent children.

For more information on keys for successful parenting, see these pages:

The Five Elements of Emotion Coaching
Marital Discord and Its Impact on Children
Transition to Parenthood