8-Year-Old Brilliant Author Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel is changing the world with his children’s books on Emotional Intelligence and positive psychology.
“Emotional Intelligence is the key for kids to be happier, more resilient, stronger mentally, more kind, and become better leaders especially as artificial intelligence becomes more important for the future,” said Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel.
“The more children can manage big feelings and develop Emotional intelligence, it will help them to have more academic success in school, improve relationships, and prepare them for a successful future,” added Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel, 8 year old prodigy, best-selling children’s emotional intelligence author.
He teaches emotional intelligence, positive psychology, and resilience in his books for children. Jomo Jesus knows about being resilient, he came to the USA from the Dominican Republic at the age of 2, only speaking Spanish. He learned English 3 months later and was reading books and writing in English before the age of 3. He endured the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021 by writing books on mental health of children and how to be happy and cope with stress.
He wrote “Super Happy Kid Defeats the Angries” and “Super Happy Kid Escapes Angry Land.” “I want all children to be able to have emotional literacy, and be self-aware of their emotions. I write to help kids learn self-awareness, show kindness to others, and be mindful of how to manage and cope with their emotions. As kids, we all have days where we have to learn to say to ourselves, I’m in Control of Me! I have to be positive and not let the big emotions control me.”
It is estimated that only 36% of people in the world are emotionally intelligent according to research by TalentSmart and Travis Bradberry. Meet Jomo Jesus Thomas Suriel, the gifted 8 year old prodigy who is already a best selling children’s literature author of four children’s books on emotional intelligence that aims to increase it to 100 percent for children. Earlier this September, he released two new books on improving emotional intelligence and coping strategies for kids with his books “The Angry Vacuum” and “The Emotions Volcano” that was featured on popular websites, EURWEB.com and MSN.com, viewed by millions of people.
Parents, teachers, and children have appreciated his creativity and ability to provide stories that develop self-awareness, empathy, social interaction, and social awareness. The gifted writer loves focusing on the mental health of children and development of emotional intelligence for all kids including neurodivergent learners. It is a passion that led him to write his first book in 2021 during the COVID pandemic,, “Super Happy Kid Defeats the Angries.” Three weeks later he had completed his second book, “Super Happy Kid Escapes Angry Land” about self-regulation and managing big emotions.
“Nurturing and developing emotional intelligence is needed for children to be successful and manage adversity in life,” says Jomo Jesus. The brilliant young author uses the creativity of child super heroes that are emotionalintelligence to provide positive, supportive, and enjoyable stories. The super heroes have the superpower of emotional intelligence and learn to adapt when hit with very stressful problems. The books are championing the development of self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, mindfulness and teamwork with social interaction skills.
Jomo Jesus says that he thinks that children can be better in life when they learn to manage their emotions. “WISC, standardized testing and Mensa are important tests for IQ, yet EQ is growing more important for young children to learn to manage and regulate their emotions and understand the emotions of others, “ said Sandra Maria Clifton, editor of his books and the co-founder of the Smart Brain Train Academy and the creator and author EQ and IQ Learning Academy & Curriculum for young children and neurodivergent learners. “It’s about the young learners having a balance of EQ and IQ to be resilient, adaptable, problem solvers, and develop as future leaders.”
“What makes Jomo Jesus special is that he is able to combine high EQ and high IQ. Balancing IQ with Emotional intelligence is growing in importance as a leadership skill and enhancing productivity,. Involves management of emotions and learning to understand the emotions of others,” said Jomo Gamal Thomas, co-founder of the Smart Brain Train Academy and illustrator of the “Angry Vacuum” and Emotions Volcano.”
Jomo Jesus wants his books to help kids to be more emotionally intelligent because it can help them in many aspect of their life.
