The ability to identify, comprehend, and make decisions based on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors is known as emotional intelligence. It influences how we relate to other people and how we see ourselves. It dictates the majority of our everyday activities, establishes how and what we learn, and enables us to set priorities. Research indicates that up to 80% of our "success" in life can be attributed to emotional intelligence because it is so strongly linked to how we relate to ourselves and others. The notion of emotional intelligence incorporates new findings in child development, neuroscience, and cognitive science to provide a fresh psychological paradigm for primary prevention in psychiatry. Emotional intelligence skills are essential for controlling one's own emotions and managing relationships effectively. These skills are acquired throughout life, with infancy serving as the key learning period. The underlying neural circuitry is shaped by such learning and continues to develop throughout adolescence. Emotional intelligence due to its applications, has found a very important place. Especially for children it is of great help. Emotional intelligence helps children respond with more appropriate reactions to save their lives in threatening situations. Emotional intelligence can also help us to understand and manage the roots of grief and joy. Higher sensitivity and emotional intelligence help children to understand the needs of others and at least help them with empathy, and by controlling their emotions they strengthen the sense of responsibility.