Me: A Kid’s Diary helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Self Control: Managing our actions, feelings and behaviors.

For children who have a difficult time managing their emotions, keeping a journal or diary is a good way for them to work out some of these feelings in a productive way. Me: A Kid’s Diary has prompts that speak to emotions, asking children to pick a color they associate with sadness, or joy. It then creates small interactive stickers showcasing these emotions on the child’s diary backdrop. There are also prompts surrounding emotions and prompts about the future, where children can work out their frustrations or hopes in a way that is small and manageable. 

Self Awareness: Understanding our own actions, thoughts and feelings. 

Journaling is a way that children can process events in their lives and the emotions that those events can produce. It can be hard for children to express those feelings, especially if they are not sure how they feel about the situation. Prompts such as “This is how I know I am disappointed” allow the child to pause and reflect on their own emotions and create a drawing or add text that helps them capture their response. This can then be referred back to if the child does something and needs to process how they feel about it. Choosing the prompts where you associate emotions with colors can also help children realize how they are feeling or communicate how they are feeling in a way that does not require precise expression.