What Are Feelings For?: The Magic of Letting to Feel the Feelings

＂Sometimes, we adults may choose to keep our feelings to ourselves, thinking, ’This is neither the time nor the place.’
But, in fact, our feelings want to be expressed as soon as they appear,＂ said Will’s aunt.

Expressing feelings? Will wasn’t even happy about having feelings in the first place, let alone expressing them. ’What’s the point of all these feelings anyway? They just make people confused!’ he thought.

During a summer vacation filled with all kinds of emotions, Will learned how to speak Giraffe Language with the aid of the Giraffe Language School’s Feelings and Needs Cards. And what amazing things he discovered thanks to the games he played with these cards...

What would happen if we had no feelings?
What do we experience when an anger cloud passes through us?

What are feelings for? Let’s seek the answer to this question with Will, his classmates, and his teacher Ms. Joy.

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I have spent almost all my professional life in different countries in the field of protecting children and their rights. In the many places where I have lived and worked throughout my professional life, I have witnessed firsthand that, no matter how different cultures and countries may be, for children to grow up as healthy individuals who are at peace with themselves, they need to be raised in the presence of adults who can provide them with the necessary environment. This book by dear Ayse Sezer Aksoy, and the Feelings and Needs Cards that accompany it, not only provide children with the opportunity to recognize their feelings but also offer their teachers and families the chance to learn and practice with their children. I wholeheartedly recommend the book to both children and the adults raising them.

Siyma Barkin Kuzmin
Psychologist, Child Protection Specialist