My Mixed Emotions: Help Your Kids Handle Their Feelings

82 Pages·2018·17.81 MB·English

by  Elinor Greenwood

My mixed
EMOT IONS
Learn to love your feelings
Elinor
Greenwood
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Introduction
Written by Elinor Greenwood
Editor Violet Peto
Art Editor Claire Patané
Project Art Editor and Illustrator Polly Appleton
Additional Illustration Charlotte Milner, Amy Keast
Feeling
Design Assistance Charlotte Bull, Eleanor Bates
Child Psychology Consultant Maureen Healy
Happy
Science Consultant Wendy Horobin
Senior Producer, Pre-Production Nikoleta Parasaki
Senior Producer Amy Knight
Jacket Designer Claire Patané
Jacket Co-ordinator Francesca Young
Managing Editor Penny Smith
Managing Art Editor Mabel Chan
Publisher Mary Ling Feeling
Art Director Jane Bull
Angr y
First published in Great Britain in 2018 by
Dorling Kindersley Limited
80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
Copyright © 2018 Dorling Kindersley Limited
A Penguin Random House Company
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Feeling
A CIP catalogue record for this book
is available from the British Library.
Sad
ISBN: 978-0-2413-2376-2
Printed in China
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The wonder of
You
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Contents
5 A note for grown-ups 10 What a feeling!
6 Meet the emotions 12 All are important
8 The emotions HQ
14 All about happiness 22 …especially for you!
16 Happy ever after 24 Chill-out time
18 A bowl of happiness 26 Relax, relax
20 Be grateful 28 Have a mindful day
30 All about anger 38 Let it go
32 Seeing red 40 Green-eyed monster
34 Anger issues 42 Call the jealousy doctor!
36 That’s not fair!
44 All about fear 52 What to do when you’re NEW
46 It’s hair-raising! 54 Separation and divorce
48 What to do about worrying 56 I have two homes now
50 A new beginning
58 All about sadness 66 How to handle bullying
60 Good grief 68 I don’t fit in!
62 Beat the blues 70 Why do pets die?
64 Bullying fact file
72 The wonder of you 78 My emotions dictionary
74 I’m the best me there is 79 Glossary
76 You can do it! 80 Index/Acknowledgements
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Calm super power!
is a
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grown-ups
A note for
Getting professional help

It is all too easy to overlook the emotions of
children, to assume that their hopes, fears, and dreams
Occasionally children may need
are somehow not as all-encompassing as those of adults.
professional help. Each child is different
But that is not the case. Children feel things intensely.
and sometimes there are no easy
Three children in every classroom have a diagnosable
answers. If you are worried, visit your
mental health problem so giving children support
GP or arrange a consultation with your
early in their lives is crucial.
child’s school. They will be able to point
We all need good mental health to engage positively
you in the right direction according to
with our lives and develop the resilience to cope with
the individual needs of your child.
life’s problems. Recognizing our feelings, talking about
Here are some national contacts:
them, and seeking support are life skills that help us
into adulthood. They underpin successful relationships,
Youngminds.org.uk has a freephone
engagement with learning, and ultimately help us
parents’ helpline:
develop into flourishing adults who can face the world
0808 802 5544
with a sense of confidence and self-belief.
At Place2Be we provide school-based support Childline has a 24 hour helpline:
and in-depth training programmes to improve the 0800 1111
emotional well-being of pupils, families, teachers, and
school staff. We reach more than 126,000 children each This NHS Choices webpage has all
year, encouraging them to talk about their feelings on the mental health helplines listed
issues as diverse as friendships, bullying, family http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/
breakdown, and bereavement. stress-anxiety-depression/Pages/
mental-health-helplines
It is never too early to start talking about emotions
with children and this book is a wonderful place to start.
Dame Benny Refson, DBE
President and founder, Place2Be
To find out more about Place2Be’s work, or to support
us, visit www.place2be.org.uk
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Happiness
Anger
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say all human
behaviour can be
Fear
broken down into Sadness
these four basic
emotions:
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made me
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