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Second graders are taught a vocabulary of feelings, words, and colors. Active listening and congruent sending is the model followed. The main sentence taught is this: I feel ________ when _______, and I wish to see ___________. Here is the example: I feel hurt when you call me names, and I want you to stop. “As a parent, I don’t want my child to feel that she is in no position to talk about her feelings. I’m glad this book is helping her out in that department.” —Constance J. Lattin, Burbank, Ca