Meta emotion how families communicate emotionally responsibility by john m gottman lynn fainsilber katz carole hooven imprint mahwah nj lawrence erlbaum associates 1997 physical description xviii 366 p ill 24 cm available online at the library green library find it stacks request opens in new tab items in stacks call number status hq728 g633 1997 unknown more . Meta emotion how families communicate emotionally meta emotion john mordechai gottman lynn fainsilber katz carole hooven routledge feb 1 2013 psychology 384 pages 0 reviews this book describes research on the emotional communication between parents and children and its effect on the childrens emotional development. Meta emotion how families communicate emotionally john mordechai gottman lynn fainsilber katz carole hooven this book describes research on the emotional communication between parents and children and its effect on the childrens emotional development. Meta emotion how families communicate emotionally inspired by the work of haim ginott and building on the analogy of meta cognition this book explores how parents feel about their own and their 4 6 yr old childrens emotions the authors present evidence showing that the way that parents talk to children about their emotions during the