Disappointment results from a violation of expectations. Disappointment happens to everyone, sometimes justifiably. But the more unrealistic, overweening, and inflexible — the more childlike — someone’s expectations are, the more often and intensely they’ll experience this form of unhappiness.  A child expects to win every contest, and is devastated by a loss; a grown man … Continue reading Sunday Firesides: Disappointment, The Emotion of Children