It’s easy to brand a tantrum-throwing child as misbehaved. But all it could be is miscommunication. What else can children do without the tools to understand, and vocabulary to express emotions? Recognising this gap, 16-year-old entrepreneur and founder of Day One Learning Solutions Avantika Kampani aims to equip minds as young as five and above with a card game called Check In to help identify, express and deal with various emotions, one conversation at a time.

The cards were delivered for a test drive to Chembur residents, Jaden Dsouza, 10, and Zack Dsouza, 9. Before the game could begin, the cards were curiously scanned through until one that piqued interest was discovered. It was one-of-eight-character cards with each embodying an emotion and colour. If one sibling wasn’t following suit, he was playfully chased by the other brandishing the ‘Frustrated Freddy’ card.