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Dear Me, Letters to Myself For All of My Emotions teaches young children how to recognize and manage the emotions they feel throughout the day. Through a series of letters that begin with, ""Dear Me,"" a young child writes down his feelings. These letters allow him to recognize that he can change how he feels while practicing self-kindness and compassion. Dear Me serves as a guide to help kids learn about expressing feelings, understanding those feelings, and then deciding what to do about them in ways that are healthy, helpful, and kind. The book models several approaches for parents, but, more directly, models how children can develop the social-emotional skill of managing emotions by naming emotions, journaling, and mindful breathing. Beautiful illustrations support this empowering message designed to help children understand and appreciate all of their emotions. Dear Me, Letters to Myself For All of My Emotions teaches children: - Self-love - Self-regulation - Self-advocacy - Managing emotions - Empathy - Journaling - Mindful breathing

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Children are definitely defined by their experiences and as adults we write on the slate of who they are and will become. In the wonderful picture book Dear Me, author, educator, and journalist Donna Tetreault does so with great clarity as she helps children develop a sense of control and self-determination about their emotions. She turns elusive abstractions into very understandable constructs children can really relate to. Her loving and compassionate nature graces every page. Well done Donna. - Dr. Phil McGraw Empathy is the immensely human trait that helps children understand that we are all humans who share the same fears and concerns and deserve to be treated with dignity. Dear Me teaches children how to have empathy for themselves and that in turn allows them to be empathetic to others. I LOVE this book. How I wish every parent had a copy - what a difference it would make on our children's lives. -Michele Borba, Ed.D., author of Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine

""Children are definitely defined by their experiences and as adults we write on the slate of who they are and will become. In the wonderful picture book Dear Me, author, educator, and journalist Donna Tetreault does so with great clarity as she helps children develop a sense of control and self-determination about their emotions. She turns elusive abstractions into very understandable constructs children can really relate to. Her loving and compassionate nature graces every page. Well done Donna."" - ""Dr. Phil"" McGraw ""Empathy is the immensely human trait that helps children understand that we are all humans who share the same fears and concerns and deserve to be treated with dignity. Dear Me teaches children how to have empathy for themselves and that in turn allows them to be empathetic to others. I LOVE this book. How I wish every parent had a copy - what a difference it would make on our children's lives."" -Michele Borba, Ed.D., author of Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine

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Donna Tetreault is a national television parenting expert and journalist. She has been a featured guest on Dr. Phil, and the Emmy Award-winning show The Doctors. As a former elementary school teacher, she believes in teaching children social-emotional concepts at a very early age. Her first children's book, Dear Me, Letters to Myself For All of My Emotions teaches children how to recognize and manage the emotions they feel throughout the day. Donna currently hosts the podcast Kids Under Construction and also writes for parenting magazines and educational sites. As a parenting correspondent for NBC's CA Live and HLN's Raising America with Kyra Phillips, Donna shared stories that helped educate, inform and entertain parents about what matters most, our children and family. She has been a contributor on Access Live, Fox 11, and The Insider. Her first parenting book, Kids Under Construction, will be published by Familius in 2022. For more information, visit DonnaTetreault.com. Elisena Bonadio is a California-based illustrator. In 2018, she graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth with a degree in animation, but the following year she was drawn into the fun and vibrant world of children's illustration. Since then, she has illustrated picture books, coloring pages, and chapter books.

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