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"Fall apart. Flip out. Flip your lid. Break down. Meltdown. Explode. Throw a tantrum. Lose your temper. Come unglued. Go bonkers. There are so many different names for when we lose our cool because there are so many different ways for humans to lose it when life gets chaotic. This book provides the tips, tricks, and tools to guide young readers through understanding what's happening in their bodies as their big emotions take over. Throughout there are quizzes, truth bombs, freakout facts, and more to give young readers a moment to pause, reflect, and most importantly, to find a little humor coming unglued"--
Info autore
Carla Naumburg, PhD, LICSW, is a clinical social worker and the author of four parenting books, including one about how parents can freak out less. Carla's favorite hobbies are reading (especially mysteries!), cross-stitching, hiking, and hanging out with her cats, Gittel and Gertie. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and daughters.
Letizia Rizzo is a freelance illustrator based in Lecce, Italy. She has worked with numerous publishers, including Cottage Door Press, Oxford University Press, Hachette, Sterling Publishing, Little Bee Books, Scholastic, HarperCollins, and others.
Riassunto
From the bestselling author of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids comes the ultimate guide for middle grade readers about managing stress and anxiety when life gets chaotic.
Within these pages, readers will learn what a freak out is (and isn’t), discover why people flip out when they’re stressed, practice keeping cool in the most chaotic moments, and choose one of many strategies for calming down when things are totally overwhelming.
Along the way, there are:
• Quizzes! What’s your freak out style?
• Truth Bombs! You don’t have to be perfect.
• Freak Out Facts! There are more nerve cells in your body than there are stars in the Milky Way.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER: You can—and will—have big, intense, unpleasant feelings. The trick is knowing how to manage them.
Uniquely designed to meet readers ages 8 and up, this book is filled with techniques, tools and most importantly, understanding, to guide readers through all the twists and turns on the roller coaster called LIFE.
