A Family Guidebook on Bullies, Self-Esteem and Hidden Hurts! is the first interactive guidebook designed to help families and their children understand and deal with social and emotional issues that elementary school children face today. It offers easy-to-read information on specific topics including: Anger Management, Making Mistakes, Teasing, Bullying, Self-Esteem, Cliques, Kindness, Feelings, Friends, and more. Each word game, worksheet and role-play is designed to encourage your child to express his or her feelings around specific social and emotional issues, and develop resilience and a stronger sense of self.

Elizabeth Barnes spent her childhood in Raleigh, North Carolina. She remembers the social and emotional challenges that she faced during her school years. She became interested in understanding and dealing with these issues and concerns when her children entered elementary school. She has a Masters in Social Work and has devoted the past twelve years to studying and researching behaviors of elementary school children. She has designed and instructed several social and emotional learning curricula for elementary schools in Massachusetts. She lives with her husband and two children outside of Boston.