In order to ensure that children have a healthy social life based on effective relationships, they must cultivate empathy, the ability to put themselves in others' shoes, to understand and feel things in the same way another person experiences them.

This need is addressed by the books in this series, which promote emotional intelligence. With the proposed approach for parents and educators, they aim to introduce children to see the world through others' eyes, after they first learn to recognize and manage their own emotions.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]