Their feelings. What areorg sureinem g them. Reporter mark brackett, director of the yale center for Emotional Intelligence and author of a new book permission to feel says so many of us are burdened by stress and anxiety because we dont talk about our emotions. Feelings are information. They are important for our decisions. They are important for our relationships, our health, our everyday performance. And when we acknowledge them and use them wisely, great things happen. Reporter and he says kids are paying the steepest price. Research showing that American Teens lead the world in violence, binge drinking, marijuana use, and obesity. With stress levels off the charts. More than half of College Students are coping with anxiety. Onethird of them depression. When you think about the world, theres a lot of stress. Theres a lot of anxiety. And talking about our feelings will help that . It will. Because as we say, you have to chool outside chicago has implemented bracketts r. U. L. E. R.