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Jun 2019
38m 57s

Sad: All about feelings, pt. 2

American Public Media
About this episode
This is the second episode in our four-part series on feelings! In this episode, we're covering the small and big parts of sadness. Because this episode touches on some heavy pieces of sadness -- we recommend kids listening along with an adult, so you can talk over any questions that come up. But this episode has plenty of fun stuff, too! We'll learn about h ... Show More
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