I purchased this for my 5 year old, who after seeing Boo online, was obsessed. Everyday since boo, my 5 year old has carried him around and independently swapped over her little emotions on his belt. I love how Boo is the visual prompt for her to check in on her emotions. This allows her to then communicate with us, which opens up how we can support her, or build upon interoceptive awareness skills of 'how that emotion feels in her body'. She promptly switched her emotion from happy to angry the other morning when she was told she wasn't allowed a lolly for breakfast! She has always endlessly engaged in pretend play with boo. We love Boo and seeing the 'tool' work in real time with helping our littlest develop emotional insight and regulation skills is awesome.
Such a wonderful tool to support the expression of distress along with feelings that can be hard to express or articulate. A powerful resource that I have already used and will continue to promote.
My two kids (5 and 3) adore their buddy Boo, and to be honest so do I. I work in family mental health and Boo has been such a cuddly and handy resource when it comes to supporting my children with their emotions. We use Boo when big feelings arise (both the comfy and uncomfy ones); to talk about how emotions feel in our body; to build my children’s emotional literacy and more. Boo himself is such good quality, very huggable & comes with a great array of emotions in his sweet little backpack. I wish every school and home had a Boo!
Boo is our absolute favourite and my daughters new best friend. He has helped her through so much and mostly on those harder days when my daughter struggles to understand her emotions. She is learning that its absolutely ok to feel a certain way thanks to Boo and his emotion badges. We find a quiet place to sit and chat about our day and the emotions we have felt and why. Thanks Boo! X
As an Occupational Therapist, Boo has been a wonderful resource to use in therapy sessions with my paediatric clients. Boo has supported my clients to explore and express their emotions in a safe, playful and gentle way. I'm privileged to have Boo as my OT assistant!