Me and My Feelings: A Kids' Guide to Understanding and Expressing Themselves Paperback – October 1, 2019

Good book for kids.. love that’s it’s colorful and designed just for kids .. has quizzes , exercises for them to do . Looking forward to getting through this book with my daughter .

Best book about feelings it really helps.Fun activity’s.I love love love love love love love it all! ! ! !

This book works really well in the mental health field. I have used it with a couple of my middle aged children, and it really helps them to identify and learn how to feel their emotions and able to express them in appropriate ways.

Good boom for kids around 10 year old come with examples and exercises

I love the way this book is outlinedReally good info for children

I have been reading a few pages of this book each night with my 10 and 5 year old. Both are at such different places developmentally but have been struggling with their emotions. My oldest holds it all in until he gets mean and my youngest let's it all out and cries all the time. I love when kids have a good cry and show how they are feeling but it's excessive .This book had been great for both of them. Thwy share so much with me as we read that I can only get through a few pages a night because I can't read for hours with them before bed. Definitely had been helpful with them already and we just got to chapter 3.My 5 year old was crying and my husband tried ro talk with him to see what was wrong and my son calmly stated he needed some time to himself until he could calm his emotions down. And walked away for a few minutes before coming back to tell us what he was feeling. I was so proud of him calming himself down and then discussing it.I have seen some attitude improvements with my 10 year old too.Emotions can even be hard for adults but it's overwhelming for some kids. This book is written appropriately for both these ages. I was shocked that thwy both get into it so much and love it.Definitely feel like this is a good book for the parents to read with the kids. It starts some great discussions and helps adults understand eat the kids are feeling and what they are doing to deal with those feelings.

My step-daughter (10 years old) struggled with her emotions which would then cause her to have outbursts and meltdowns. This book was fantastic at explaining the different emotions in terms that she could understand and relate to. There are little activities and quizzes (not daunting or hard, more just fun and to further the child's understanding.) I read this out loud to her and we would discuss things as we went. I noticed immediate and vast improvements in her behavior since reading this with her. I have already recommended it to a couple of people I know.

This book is utterly amazing. Before I say why, I do want to urge parents to read this book with their children, rather than giving it to them to read alone. Most kids won't diligently read a book about feelings on their own (even if they like it), and there are a lot of exercises and questions that come up that benefit from--if not require--parental insight, encouragement, and feedback.My husband and I have been reading this book with our kids (10, girl, and 7, boy) every day, and love it so much that they request "one more page" constantly. They have also requested follow up books. I can't put my finger on exactly why, except that kids have a ton of feelings that get more and more complex, but without help in learning that these feelings are normal, and shared by everyone, and that it is okay to discuss them, they fester unchallenged and unexplored inside.Some of the insights we have been able to discuss are:-That we all have positive and negative feelings, and that is normal-That we have mixed emotions/many feelings at once, and that is okay-How to label feelings (my 7-year-old has also acquired vocabulary about feelings he didn't have words for)-Our strengths and weaknesses (and that having both is normal and okay)-That not all of the feelings we have about ourselves are "true"--and that some negative thoughts need to be countered with evidence-The difference between emotional brain and thinking brain (as well as how they are co-dependent)An example of why this book should be read together is that kids need to know it's okay to share weaknesses and negative thoughts. Yesterday, for example, the book asked for us to think about thoughts we've had inside our heads that aren't as true as we thought. My husband and I had to give examples first so that our kids could understand. This one was still tough for my stepson.Another example is that when asked to list 3 strengths & weaknesses, our kids could easily list 3 weaknesses, but not 3 strengths. That gave us insight into their experiences and self-talk, and we were able to encourage them to name other strengths.Our stepson is shy and used to hide feelings. After just a few weeks of reading this book, at family meeting (our weekly check-in where there are no consequences for the topics that are raised, and we solve problems together or just listen), my stepson shared that he is being bullied, and told us why and by whom.So, parents, buy this book! Our kids' therapist has already bought it upon our rec, as have several of my neighbors, and my therapist sister!