WHEN SMALL GOODBYES
BRING ON BIG FEELINGS,
BRING ON BIG FEELINGS,
LET LOU LEAD THE WAY
WHEN SMALL GOODBYES
BRING ON BIG FEELINGS,
SHOP NOW
BRING ON BIG FEELINGS,
LET LOU LEAD
THE WAY
THE WAY
DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF LOU
Lou is a loveable kangaroo friend who visits kids when their parents are away. With a clever toolkit and “no worries” philosophy, Lou helps kids cope with big feelings and embrace life’s little adventures. Share your journey with kiddos in a way they can understand and support their BIG feelings with principles grounded in child psychology.
Validate Emotions
Reading Lou’s story together before a parent travels validates your child's emotions, fosters trust and enables them to identify their feelings while learning how to work through them.
Reading Lou’s story together before a parent travels validates your child's emotions, fosters trust and enables them to identify their feelings while learning how to work through them.
Build Practical Skills + Create Excitement
Our countdown calendar provides structure around your absence and our world map encourages curiosity about the wider world. These easy-to-use tools help to build confidence and shift their focus on the excitement of your return.
Our countdown calendar provides structure around your absence and our world map encourages curiosity about the wider world. These easy-to-use tools help to build confidence and shift their focus on the excitement of your return.
Stay Connected
Your voice means the most so leave behind a message they can hold onto! Lou the cuddly plushie comes complete with a special pouch, just right for tucking away a treasured message on the recorder, a love note, a picture, or a treat!
Your voice means the most so leave behind a message they can hold onto! Lou the cuddly plushie comes complete with a special pouch, just right for tucking away a treasured message on the recorder, a love note, a picture, or a treat!
DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT
“It’s like Elf on the Shelf except Lou does the heavy lifting. Traveling away from my kids is hard - but with Lou I can stay connected with them in a way that’s fun and educational.”
- JESSICA
Keaton and Beckett’s Mom
“For my family, emotions arise when one of us is traveling. Lou makes being away a little bit easier and I love that my kids are able to turn the experience of separation on its head - with Lou they learn how to stay connected even if we have to be apart.”
- MIKE
Ava and Harper’s Dad
WHAT'S IN THE BOX
Book
Lou comes to life in the pages of a
light-hearted picture book that
names big feelings and empowers
children to work through them.
light-hearted picture book that
names big feelings and empowers
children to work through them.
Map
Our North America and world map give kids a better understanding of a parent's absence and can spark a life-long curiosity of travel and new cultures.
Lou
Lou is a cuddly 10” plushie with a special pouch for tucking away reminders of a traveling parent and other treasures.
Calendar
Mark key travel dates on a dry erase
countdown calendar to help kids
untangle time and shift the feelings from
fear of your leaving, to excitement of
your return.
countdown calendar to help kids
untangle time and shift the feelings from
fear of your leaving, to excitement of
your return.
Voice Recorder
Leave behind a special message on our voice
recorder which can be kept safe in Lou's pouch
and played over and over (and over and over)
while you are away. Record a different message
on your next trip to keep them wondering!
recorder which can be kept safe in Lou's pouch
and played over and over (and over and over)
while you are away. Record a different message
on your next trip to keep them wondering!
WHAT'S IN THE BOX
Book
Lou comes to life in the pages of a light-hearted picture book that names big feelings and empowers children to work through them.
Map
Our North America and world map give kids a better understanding of a parent's absence and can spark a life-long curiosity of travel and new cultures.
Calendar
Mark key travel dates on a dry erase countdown calendar to help kids untangle time and shift the feelings from fear of your leaving, to excitement of your return.
Lou
Lou is a cuddly 10” plushie with a special pouch for tucking away reminders of a traveling parent and other treasures.
Voice Recorder
Leave behind a special message on our voice recorder which can be kept safe in Lou's pouch and played over and over (and over and over) while you are away. Record a different message on your next trip to keep them wondering!