When a young girl named Riley is uprooted from her Midwestern (way of living) and moves to the busy and noisy and crazy San Francisco, her emotions; Anger, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, and Joy, start to disagree on how to deal with this big change, which causes problems up in Headquarters, the central living and …show more content…
version of The Office, is a good counterpoint as Sadness.
Kids who might not be able to put their more and more complex feelings into words could use Riley's experiences for big picture, for example; Riley doesn't necessarily intend to be insulting (by saying the opposite of what's meant) to her parents, that's just what happens when Anger and Disgust are left in charge and can't quite figure out how Joy manages to make Riley's words come out nicely. Parents will be reminded that asking kids to put on a happy face when they don't really feel it can lead to unintended pressure and worry.
All of that isn't meant to suggest that Inside Out is overly serious or a downer. Actually, it is opposite. It's filled with moments of mild happiness/interesting thing and uncontrolled imagination, as well as warm (love of the past) for childhood innocence and