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Understanding Myself: A Kid's Guide to Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings
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Can you feel sad and happy at the same time?
Does anger really make you hot?
Are you likely to be envious?
Why is stuff so embarrassing?Chock-full of cool psychology and info on emotions, real-life stories from kids, interesting facts, and feeling quizzes, Understanding Myself will help you notice just what all your emotions and feelings are telling you about yourself, your friends, and your family.
So go ahead, take a peek inside! Soon you'll be an expert...on you.
Strong feelings and intense emotions are part of every pre-teens life. Understanding Myself is written especially for kids with intense emotions. This informative and practical guide will help kids know what do when their emotions get to be too much!
Can you feel sad and happy at the same time?
Does anger really make you hot?
Are you likely to be envious?
Why is stuff so embarrassing?Chock-full of cool psychology and info on emotions, real-life stories from kids, interesting facts, and feeling quizzes, Understanding Myself will help you notice just what all your emotions and feelings are telling you about yourself, your friends, and your family.
So go ahead, take a peek inside! Soon you'll be an expert...on you.
Strong feelings and intense emotions are part of every pre-teens life. Understanding Myself is written especially for kids with intense emotions. This informative and practical guide will help kids know what do when their emotions get to be too much!
112 pages, Hardcover
Published November 15, 2010
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Mary C. Lamia
6 books15 followersMy career-long passion for encouraging emotional awareness in adults, adolescents, and pre-teens is exemplified by my books, and my blog posts illustrate my endeavor to convey that emotions have a significant role in who we become. I am a professor in the doctoral program of the Wright Institute in Berkeley and I have a private practice in Kentfield, California.
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February 14, 2012
I think this is a great book - with an inappropriate cover. To me, the cover makes it look like it's geared toward elementary school kids. Once I read it, it seems more appropriate to middle school kids - it refers to seeing someone you "like" and people "breaking up" with people...activities that are pretty limited in the elementary arena. There are definitely parts that would be meaningful to a 4th or 5th grader, but not younger kids.
January 5, 2011
An Important Addition to the Discovery of Self for Young People
UNDERSTANDING MYSELF: A Kid's guide to intense emotions and strong feelings' by Berkeley clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst Mary C. Lama, PhD is a brave undertaking. As the adult reader takes the time to read this book the first reaction is that the information in the book may just be too advanced for the suggested age 8 to 13 category of young people. And there is a strong hint there that Dr. Lama doesn't nee to make apparent: if this information seems too sensitive for kids then the adult reader needs some introspection and possible work on their own! Dr. Lama takes on the field of emotions - that inner aspect of human behavior that in many ways determines juts how effective we will be in dealing with the world. She simply believes that if young people get an early start on appreciating those aspects of the mind that have little to do with school performance but MUCH to do with social interaction and self understanding, then the opening of the door to mental health as they mature will be a more informed process.
The book is divided into seven parts: Feeling Your Emotions in which the science of emotions (yes!) leads to definitions of moods, emotions, feelings; Felling Self-Conscious deals with the concepts of embarrassment, guilt, shame, and pride; Feeling Threatened discusses anxiety, fear and disgust; Feeling Gloomy addresses loneliness, sadness and grief; Feeling Elated explores excitement/joy/happiness and love/infatuation; and Felling Stormy explains anger and envy/jealousy. Each of these topics are first defined so that the reader hears from an expert just what those emotions really are, examples are given, tests are available, and Psych Notes are offered. All of this information is dealt with in a warm supportive manner, bringing the young person up to speed with the terminology as well as the etiology and repercussions and benefits of understanding the beginnings of emotions and how comfortable to incorporate this knowledge in finding a happier path of living.
This book may be created for ages 8 through 13, but after reading UNDERSTANDING MYSELF cover to cover it seems to this reader that the book would well serve the high school and college student - as well as the adults among us who still remain in the dark about these important concepts. Look for this book to garner awards on many levels. It is published by the MAGINATION PRESS under the auspices of the American Psychological Association. That backing, as well as the personal impact of Dr. Lama, should make this book a part of every family's library.
Grady Harp
UNDERSTANDING MYSELF: A Kid's guide to intense emotions and strong feelings' by Berkeley clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst Mary C. Lama, PhD is a brave undertaking. As the adult reader takes the time to read this book the first reaction is that the information in the book may just be too advanced for the suggested age 8 to 13 category of young people. And there is a strong hint there that Dr. Lama doesn't nee to make apparent: if this information seems too sensitive for kids then the adult reader needs some introspection and possible work on their own! Dr. Lama takes on the field of emotions - that inner aspect of human behavior that in many ways determines juts how effective we will be in dealing with the world. She simply believes that if young people get an early start on appreciating those aspects of the mind that have little to do with school performance but MUCH to do with social interaction and self understanding, then the opening of the door to mental health as they mature will be a more informed process.
The book is divided into seven parts: Feeling Your Emotions in which the science of emotions (yes!) leads to definitions of moods, emotions, feelings; Felling Self-Conscious deals with the concepts of embarrassment, guilt, shame, and pride; Feeling Threatened discusses anxiety, fear and disgust; Feeling Gloomy addresses loneliness, sadness and grief; Feeling Elated explores excitement/joy/happiness and love/infatuation; and Felling Stormy explains anger and envy/jealousy. Each of these topics are first defined so that the reader hears from an expert just what those emotions really are, examples are given, tests are available, and Psych Notes are offered. All of this information is dealt with in a warm supportive manner, bringing the young person up to speed with the terminology as well as the etiology and repercussions and benefits of understanding the beginnings of emotions and how comfortable to incorporate this knowledge in finding a happier path of living.
This book may be created for ages 8 through 13, but after reading UNDERSTANDING MYSELF cover to cover it seems to this reader that the book would well serve the high school and college student - as well as the adults among us who still remain in the dark about these important concepts. Look for this book to garner awards on many levels. It is published by the MAGINATION PRESS under the auspices of the American Psychological Association. That backing, as well as the personal impact of Dr. Lama, should make this book a part of every family's library.
Grady Harp
October 9, 2012
Synopsis
Do you ever wonder why you have a certain feeling at a certain time? Mary C. Lamia presents explanations on why you may feel embarrassed, or angry, and a good way to act on those feelings.
Reasons
This is a good story to have in a library for any young reader ten years or older growing up that may be asking the same questions. The books is a good how to guide on the right way to act on the feelings.
Citation
Lamia, Mary C.. Understanding myself: a kid's guide to intense emotions and strong feelings. Washington, DC: Magination Press, 2011. Print.
Do you ever wonder why you have a certain feeling at a certain time? Mary C. Lamia presents explanations on why you may feel embarrassed, or angry, and a good way to act on those feelings.
Reasons
This is a good story to have in a library for any young reader ten years or older growing up that may be asking the same questions. The books is a good how to guide on the right way to act on the feelings.
Citation
Lamia, Mary C.. Understanding myself: a kid's guide to intense emotions and strong feelings. Washington, DC: Magination Press, 2011. Print.
June 15, 2017
Good book on understanding different emotions and feelings.. Would be a great book to share with your child who in in the later elementary age group before they hit the teen years. Easy to read and understand as well as advice on how to handle some of those intense emotions!
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