Teachers and parents both matter for students’ social-emotional competence

August 7, 2025

Teachers and parents both matter for students’ social-emotional competence


Social-emotional competence is a broad construct capturing how effective we are in our interactions with others and in navigating our own feelings. More and more studies are showing that social-emotional competence among students is linked with positive short and longer-term outcomes (Jones et al., 2015), like wellbeing, school completion and better health. 


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By Maree Paris August 7, 2025
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