Radical Love. Kindness in action.
Radical Love. Kindness in action.
For Parents Helping Kids With Big Feelings
You noticed something. Maybe your child came home different than usual, or said something at dinner that stayed with you long after they'd gone to bed. Maybe you've been watching them at the edges of things, wondering how to reach them, wondering what they need, wondering if you're doing enough.
The fact that you're here means you're already doing something right.
He Started as a Character.
He Became So Much More.
Ray Roxby is eight years old, lives in Botany, Sydney, and notices things other kids sometimes miss. He feels things fully, asks big questions, and has a habit of stepping in when something doesn't feel right. He's curious, occasionally impulsive, deeply kind, and always trying.
By the time I finished writing the first book, I caught myself thinking: I'm so proud of you, little mate. It still makes me emotional to say it. I wish he were real.
What I hope, genuinely and from the bottom of my heart, is that your child gets to feel about Ray the way I feel about him: not like a character in a book, but like a friend. The kind of friend who gets it, who has been through something similar, who makes them feel a little less alone in whatever they're carrying right now.
Ray is not a lesson, he's a companion.
Melissa K.
Licensed Therapist, Ohio
As a therapist, we are always looking for resources to help teach clients and create ways for clients to learn and grow. This book is an excellent resource for assisting professionals. Highly recommend not only for professionals, but also parents seeking opportunities to explore kindness and healthy coping.
I was hooked from the first pages. The depth of emotion is so compassionately described that I felt like I truly understood Ray's grief journey. Brilliantly done, and a book that would absolutely support any child experiencing a similar life event. 10/10.
Kathryne Imabayashi
M.Ed., B.S.Ed., Parents of Boys Coach, Author
My grandson, who is 10 and an avid reader, says Radical Ray is the best book he's ever read. He is creating a Radical Ray quiz.
Sue P.
Lebanon, Ohio
Four Books. One Boy. Every Big Feeling.
Ray is eight years old and notices everything, especially the small moments where one act of kindness could change someone's entire day. For children navigating friendship, belonging, and what it means to include others.
A letter arrives with no return address. Ray's dad is back after years away, and suddenly everything feels uncertain. For children navigating family change, complicated feelings, and questions that don't have easy answers.
Two words from someone Ray trusted changed everything. Suddenly the things that made him feel most like himself started feeling like problems. For children who have ever wondered if they need to become less of themselves to belong.
One afternoon, everything changes. This is the story of a boy learning how to carry grief when there's no map for what comes next. For children navigating loss, and the adults trying to help them through it.
Want to Pass Ray On to Your Child's Teacher?
Parents are often the reason a book finds its way into a classroom. If you came across Radical Ray and thought of your child's teacher or school counselor, trust that instinct. Teachers who care about the emotional lives of their students are always looking for books that treat children as capable of handling real feelings, and they appreciate a recommendation from a parent who is paying attention.
One click and the email is written for you.
What Kids Want Us to Know
One of the most important things I've learned, from the research, from the school bus, from writing four books about a boy who feels everything deeply, is that children are always communicating. Not always in words, not always clearly, but always.
This blog category exists because of that.
Every post in What Kids Need Us to Know is written for you: the parent who is paying attention and looking for a way in. Each one takes a real concern that parents are searching for answers to and goes deeper than a list of tips. It goes into what your child is actually experiencing, why they might not be telling you, and what they need from you tonight, not in six months.
It's the conversation I wish more parents had access to.
Not Sure Where Your Child Fits?
If you've ever wondered whether your child feels things more intensely than other kids, whether they're the one who cries at commercials, notices when someone is left out, or takes a long time to recover from something that seemed small, the Sensitive Soul Snapshot was made for them.
It's a free, simple tool that takes about two minutes and gives you a gentle starting point for understanding how your child moves through the world.
Want to understand more about what emotionally sensitive children actually experience? Read this.
Helping kids with big feelings doesn't require a psychology degree or a perfect response in the moment; it requires presence, patience, and the occasional story that meets them exactly where they are.
What Helping Kids With Big Feelings Actually Looks Like
It rarely looks like a breakthrough conversation at the kitchen table. More often, it looks like showing up consistently, asking the same gentle question a different way, and trusting that your child is taking it in even when they don't show it.
When I first came to the United States, I drove a school bus full of eight, nine and ten year olds, partly because it seemed like the quickest way to get to know my community, and partly because, honestly, it sounded like a lot of fun. It was both of those things. What I didn't expect was how much those kids would teach me, even with over ten years of studying human behaviour already under my belt.
What I learned in both of those places is the same thing: kids are sponges. They're not too young to understand emotional concepts, and they're not too old to want someone to talk to them honestly. They want to know. They want to feel seen. They want someone in their corner.
One More Thing
I know what it's like to watch a child carry something they can't name yet. I know what it's like to want to help and not quite know how to reach them. That's why this whole thing exists, the books, the blog, the activities, all of it. Not to tell you how to parent, but to walk alongside you while you do.
If you ever want to reach out, I'm here.