How to Talk About Your Feelings

Every child feels things deeply. The hard part isn't the feeling — it's finding the words.

When a child shuts down, lashes out, or quietly says "I'm fine" when something is clearly wrong, it's rarely a behavior problem. Most of the time, they simply haven't learned the language for what's happening inside them yet. And most caregivers haven't been taught how to start that conversation either.

How to Talk About Your Feelings: Simple Words for Big Emotions was written for both of you.

Designed to be read together — a little at a time, with room to talk along the way — this warm and honest guide helps children ages 5–10 name what they're feeling and understand why those feelings matter. Emotions like anger, sadness, worry, fear, jealousy, embarrassment, confusion, and loneliness all get their own space here, with simple language and real reassurance that no feeling is wrong.

Children learn how the body sends signals before the brain catches up, how to find their safe people, and how to use a Feelings Toolbox they can return to on their own.

Caregivers get a Feelings First Aid section with ready language for the moments that arrive without warning — a family change, scary news, a hard day, or the quiet "I'm fine" that says so much more.

No tests. No wrong answers. No pressure to feel any particular way. Just an open door for your child — and for you.

Because as Fred Rogers once said, when we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.

This is where that conversation begins. All you have to do is show up.