To children who have been hurt by their mother's 'anger'
A message of reconciliation and comfort
“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry.
And… …I love you!”

The one who knows the hearts of Korean mothers and children best
A new work by picture book author Choi Sook-hee!

Mothers don't know.
“Why are you always like that?” “I really can’t live because of you!”
How deeply these words, spoken in anger, leave wounds on a child's heart.

Even the kids don't know.
How bitter the mother's heart must be after pushing her child like that,
How much it pains a mother to feel guilty for being so harsh to her beloved child.

In the previous work, "It's Okay," he gave children words of hope that it's okay to be a little late.
And in “You Are a Miracle,” we watch the birth and growth of a child.
Choi Sook-hee, a picture book writer who expressed the emotions and pain of a mother,
This time, it is a daily occurrence between a child and a mother.
Talk about conflict and reconciliation.

South Korean mothers obsessed with 'hwa'
‘Anger’ is an uncomfortable and difficult emotion for both the person who feels it and the person who feels it.
But in some ways, our daily lives are full of things that make us angry.
This is especially true for mothers in South Korea who have to adapt their fragile lives to a world that revolves around speed and competition.
Working mothers are often angry and anxious about not being able to properly care for their children as they juggle work and housework.
Full-time housewives, as full-time housewives, put their children at the center of their lives and go 'all-in' on them, so they often get angry about everything.
Although I repeatedly reflect and make resolutions about my attitude toward my child, it is not easy to control my mind as I go about my daily life.
Sometimes, you may feel aggrieved at times.
"Why do you ask moms to endure everything? Moms are human too, and it's impossible for them to endure everything like a virtuous adult!" I often see mothers protesting like this.
Still, child psychologists say that anger directed at children should be suppressed.
In his book “Encyclopedia of Child Psychology,” pediatric psychiatrist Shin Ui-jin describes the characteristics of children who grow up with angry parents as follows:
They tend to always be concerned about what others think, are always shy and tense, lack initiative or creativity, and are aggressive or easily angered by trivial matters.
Anger directed at a child by a parent is even more dangerous because it can threaten to shake the very foundation of their existence.

“As you believe, Mom still loves you!”
The picture book "Mom is Angry" tells this to mothers who are exhausted from fighting a war of nerves with their children.
"You were really angry with your child today, weren't you? You were trying to give him a sharp word for misbehaving, but you ended up using harsher words than you expected and ended up pushing him away? You were so preoccupied with other things that your child wouldn't listen, so you got angry and blurted out some unexpectedly harsh words. It's not that I hate my child, but I love him enough to go to the ends of the earth if he were to disappear.
Yeah, that won't do.
We have no choice but to endure.
Because children are small, helpless lives that depend entirely on their mothers.
And that's okay.
Children are much more attached to their mothers than we think.
A child's heart does not leave his mother's side so easily, and he wants to believe that his mother will eventually love him.
“That is absolutely true.”

And tell the kids.
"You're upset because Mom was nagging you and scolding you, right? You just wanted to have fun.
Were you really scared when your mom got really angry and started spewing harsh words at you? You loved her so much, but it seemed like she hated you, so you were probably scared.
But that's not the case.
Mom is human too, so sometimes she just can't control her anger.
As you believe, your mother loves you very much.
If you disappear somewhere, I will search the ends of the earth to find you.” Although mothers and children are the most precious beings in the world to each other, they often struggle to develop a proper relationship.
The author created this picture book with the intention of providing an opportunity to untangle that tangled knot.
With the warm and comforting words and beautiful illustrations of picture book author Choi Sook-hee, who has been comforting the hearts of our mothers and children.