Disgusting Hair, the third volume of YWCA’s Emotion Education series, has been released recently. During the online sharing session, experts introduced methods to manage children’s emotion. In addition, the previous volume, Crying Leaf grasped a Publication Award in Children and Teenagers at Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards 2023. 

“Not a big deal! Stop crying!” Have you ever heard of this when you were small, or said so to your kids? Children tend to suppress their feelings if they are always being neglected when feeling sad, which may have negative impacts on their development. Crying Leaf is the second bilingual picture book of YWCA’s Emotional Education series. Recommended by clinical psychologist and educational psychologist, it is good for pair-reading and a great tool for exploring children’s emotions.

A team of YWCA social workers published a picture book called Angry Croissant earlier to provide material about emotion management. Two baking workshops were organised recently to address the subject in an interesting way. 

Joy, anger, sadness and happiness are present in our everyday life. Because of the lack of vocabulary and self-control, young children may not be able to express their feelings well and hence turn to tantrums to vent their emotions or to get their parents fulfil what they want. To help children and parents acquire better emotion management, a team of YWCA professional social workers worked with an illustrator to publish "Angry Croissant", a children picture book about "anger".