Most children learn the words happy, sad, and mad fairly early. And for a while, those three words seem to cover almost everything. A child loses a toy? Mad. A child's carefully built tower falls apart? Mad. A child doesn't get the turn they were hoping for? Mad. A child is frustrated, disappointed, overwhelmed, embarrassed, worried, lonely, or uncertain? Somehow... also mad. The reason isn't that children only experience a few emotions. It's that they often don't yet have t