In 2015, when Inside Out hit theaters, Lisa Damour watched the Pixar movie with her 11-year-old daughter. The film felt personal: Inside Out depicts the emotions ... might be feeling or seeing].

Neither did we—but it may be one of the most important emotions ... can use Inside Out as a vehicle for helping their family start meaningful conversations about how everyone is feeling.

There’s a workbook feeling to this movie, a whiff of the school counselor’s office. That slightly utilitarian feel was intensified for me by the specific imagery “Inside Out” uses to ...