Big and Strong ... I Belong!

<p>Sometimes kids are bigger (or thinner or shorter or taller)</p><p>than other kids at school.</p><p>But don't they still all belong?</p><p>Here's a story about a big girl whose hurt feelings started a conversation...</p><p>about being different.</p><p>What people are saying about it:</p><p><em>I am a child psychologist working with some of the most vulnerable children in our community in the Greater Boston Area children from ages 4-12 who have been hospitalized due to unsafe behavior. I run groups for children where we discuss emotion identification and modulation healthy social skills and mindfulness activities. I recently was introduced to Bonnie Morris' excellent book Big and Strong I Belong! and have found that the kids really resonate with the feelings and situations depicted in the book. It's a wonderfully direct story about a difficult to open up subject beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written with simple rhyming language. I have used it very effectively to open up discussions about bullying and kindness amongst the children on my inpatient unit. Three cheers!</em></p><p>Christopher J. Pagano Ph.D. Director of Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychological Testing PsychologyTraining & Child/Adolescent Inpatient Groups Cambridge Health Alliance Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>