You see it every day — the meltdowns over small things, the worries that don't make sense, the "what ifs" at bedtime, the perfection that has to be perfect or everything falls apart.
You've tried talking. Sometimes it helps. Often it doesn't.
"The problem isn't that your child doesn't understand their emotions. The problem is they have no language for them yet. No map. No tools. This book is that map."
Author · The Emmonsters Manual
Oleksandra Volchan
Crisis psychologist · Gestalt therapist · Mindfulness instructor
And a mother of a child with ADHD — which means I know what I just described not from textbooks, but from 7am on a Tuesday.
What is actually inside this book
Whatifon — The Emotion NibblerThe "what if" spiral that won't stop at bedtime. The anxiety that nibbles quietly until it fills the whole room.
Crash-o-Drilla — The Psychostorm GiantThe overwhelm that looks like a meltdown from the outside — but feels like drowning from the inside.
Perfectopus — The Tentacled PerfectionistThe voice that makes your child erase their homework ten times and still hate it.
"The spells are not cute activities. They are cognitive-behavioral and dialectical-behavioral techniques disguised as rituals — because children don't respond to worksheets. They respond to story and play."
Book I is anxiety. The next book is anger. Then fear, sadness, shame — the emotions that hide so deep children don't even have words for them yet.
And running through all of it: Mr. Nullmor. The man who believes that a perfect child is a child without feelings. He gets closer with every book. In the last book we find out what his real problem is. Your child will want to know too.
This book works best when you read it together. Not because your child needs help — but because the conversation that happens afterward is the real tool. You will be surprised what they say.
The QR codes inside unlock exercises for your child. And honestly, some of them are for you too.