Abstract
The success of adapting to the requirements of the environment with the level ofdevelopment of intellectual abilities has been recently associated, separating the rationality ofemotions. Although the skills are very important, emotions are a source of vital information forsurvival. Emotional intelligence in adult life has its origins in the development of socio-emotionalskills in the small school age, a period of fundamental acquisition in emotional, social and cognitiveterms. Emotional awareness is the basic ability to purchase the other components. Children learnabout emotions and how they can be properly managed in the context of social interactions. Theirexperiences in relationships with others help them learn about the rules of expressing emotions, abouttheir recognition, about emotional adjustment.