Respect is understanding the feelings of others in light of your own.
Everyone has probably heard someone say, "You're wrong" at some point in their life.
We were different, but we've all had the experience of being told we were wrong and our thoughts and feelings weren't respected.
At times like that, I become discouraged without realizing it, lose confidence, and never want to do anything again.
Just like Sophie couldn't even tell me that my drawing was wrong, and she didn't want to draw anymore.
At that moment, the teacher who had been watching from afar slowly approaches the children.
Tell Sophie to tell you about the painting.
The teacher listens attentively to Sophie's mumbling words as she dies.
Then Sophie's voice becomes more and more powerful.
Sophie confidently tells her friends that she painted it blue because she wanted to express the strong, good feeling she got from the tree.
The teacher nods and agrees with Sophie's words.

The teacher asks Andrew to talk about the picture too.
Andrew also explains about the pine tree I drew.
Sophie looks at Green Andrew's painting, which features impressive, winding roots, and says that the tree seems to be grasping the hill tightly.
The teacher smiled, saying that maybe that was the feeling Andrew got from the tree.
Far away, teachers help children realize for themselves the changes they can experience when they acknowledge and understand differences.
As Sophie stumbles through her feelings to her friends, she realizes that it's important to be brave and speak out about your thoughts and feelings, even if it means being disrespected.
I learned how to regain my self-esteem.
Andrew also learned to think from the other person's perspective.
As I listened to my teacher and friends talk about my drawings, I realized that Sophie, like me, drew what she saw, thought, and felt about trees, just in a different way.
If the previous work, "When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry," dealt with how to control one's emotions, the sequel, "When Sophie Gets Upset, Really, Really Upset," allows one to consider other people's feelings by reflecting on one's own.
Like Sophie and Andrew, when you understand each other's feelings, you come to respect each other.
Then you will realize that the other person is not 'wrong', but that you are just 'different'.

Molly Bang, an author who vividly expresses children's emotions
《When Sophie Gets Upset, Really, Really Upset》 is the sequel to the international bestseller 《When Sophie Gets Upset, Really, Really Angry》, published 16 years later.
When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry has been consistently loved, winning the Caldecott Honor, the Charlotte Zolotow Award, and the Jane Addams Peace Award.
It is said that many of Molly Bang's picture books were inspired by her daughter Monica (Monica Bang Campbell became a children's author under the influence of her mother).
The most representative example is "When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry."
After my daughter grew up, I tried to observe children closely and understand their feelings through workshops with them.
This is precisely why the 'Sophie' series resonates with and receives support from so many children.
I'm looking forward to the next story of Sophie, who has taken a step out of her own world into the small society of school.