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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.
Ennui is voiced by Adèle Exarchopoulos.
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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.
The emotions react to the ‘puberty button’.
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Inside Out 2 shows that anxiety is a normal feeling and can have a positive purpose – so long as it doesn’t take over.
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It’s only when the characters learn how to embrace all of their emotions that they can become their true, authentic selves.
What happens when disgust, anger and fear take control?
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We should stop teaching students to suppress their emotions.
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The latest Disney shows just how far psychology has come since the moralisers of the 19th century.
Inside Out’s five emotions are not a bad reflection of the emotional diversity within our own minds.
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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.
A cross-country move – just when middle school is about to start – can be emotionally draining for most children.
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In some ways, it’s spot-on. In others, not so much.
Not quite.
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Inside Out does well when it comes to representing the interplay of memory and emotion, while fudging some of the basics.