Eisenberg's 'Inside Out'

“Inside Out” is about Riley's emotional development. In her mind are the primary emotions - Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger who guide her feelings and actions. Riley is facing a huge environmental change that her family moves from Minnesota to San Francisco: new house, new school, and new hockey team. Things are not going into the way in Riley's expectation, for example, the new house is old with a dead mouse, the moving van is late, the disgusted broccoli pizza she has on the move-in day.
In “Emotion, Regulation, and Moral Development”, Eisenberg pointed out an empathic response usually turns into either sympathy, personal distress, or some combination. In Riley’s situation, she understands that her father is under a lot of pressure and therefore promised her mother to be the happy girl and smile as always. Although she felt stressed, she cannot reveal her true emotions because of this empathy feeling towards her family. And, the negative emotions accumulate through a serious of events: crying in front of the new classmates, being scolded by her father, failing the first hockey tryout, an old friend has a new friend,
When her parents are stressed, Riley elevates her stress level in their insufficient care, and thus can possibly undermine her mental health and intellectual development. Although the parents acknowledged something wrong happens with her, they are preoccupied with their own business and cannot immediately fulfill her need. Therefore, Paul suggested the best strategy helping these children is to first help the adults in their lives. I think teacher also plays an enormous role in children's emotional development since kids nowadays spend more time in school than at home. Riley’s teacher should call the parents to inform her crying in the class and provide support at school for her to adapt the new learning