Now a teenager, Riley is wrestling with four new emotions: anxiety, envy, ennui and embarrassment. Here’s how they might show up for your kids.
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As a researcher of how boredom shapes social media use among young people, I was particularly intrigued by the character of Ennui.
Inside Out 2 shows that anxiety is a normal feeling and can have a positive purpose – so long as it doesn’t take over.
It’s only when the characters learn how to embrace all of their emotions that they can become their true, authentic selves.
We should stop teaching students to suppress their emotions.
The latest Disney shows just how far psychology has come since the moralisers of the 19th century.
Pixar’s new film, Inside Out, shows that chasing happiness along won’t necessarily bring well-being, which is a view backed by the latest psychological research.
In some ways, it’s spot-on. In others, not so much.
Inside Out does well when it comes to representing the interplay of memory and emotion, while fudging some of the basics.
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