I FEEL FRUSTRATED WHEN YOU WON?T COME DOWN IBD

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It is hard to cope with someone who does not want to play the same game you want to play.áYou donâÇÖt want to hurt their feelings. Yet you also want them to know why you might not want to do things with them. This happens to Cal and Ada. Cal and Ada are two of the many monster friends who play together in the âÇÖI Feel WhenâÇÖ book series. Ada copes with her feeling of frustration in this twelfth book of the series.áAida struggles with finding Cal and getting him to join the others to play ball with the group.áCal continues to hide in a tree while she looks for him.áThis frustrates Ada.áAll the other monsters are ready to play ball and she can not find Cal to start the game.áCal is unaware that Ada is afraid of heights and does not want to join him in the tree. Ada invites Cal to participate playing ball and he declines because he likes being in the tree.áFinally, she tells him how she feels and they work out their feelings towards one another. This colorful book opens the door to discussing frustration in a nonthreatening way for younger audiences.áIt also uses nonviolent communication as described on the YouTube channel âÇÖDealing with FeelingsâÇÖ by psychotherapist Dr. Jim Porter and Karen Porter in their weekly show âÇÖFeeling FridaysâÇÖ.áThe husband-and-wife team invites you to explore feelings with your young reader as they begin to read.áSee how these furry friends learn appropriate ways to express feelings and solve problems by coping with their feelings through listening to one another and observing each other without judgement, expressing feelings and needs, and coping with feelings in compassionate helpful ways.