A soft hand, on a hard day.
The Love Well Project is written for the parent holding steady, and for the professionals holding space alongside them — therapists, counselors, teachers, school social workers, and advocates who want kinder, more accurate language for the tender chapters of a childhood.
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At home
A bedtime or after-school read-aloud for children ages 4–8 navigating parental absence, estrangement, complicated grief, or a hard transition. Written to be read together — a grown-up's steady voice, a child's real questions, and a book that lets both be there without rushing to a tidy answer.
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In the counseling office
A softer opening for the sessions where the hard thing hasn't been named yet. Each book will include clinician notes and discussion prompts, so it can sit inside work with children in family transition, complicated grief, or attachment repair — without asking a child to lead with words they don't yet have.
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In the classroom
A read-aloud aligned with early-elementary SEL objectives around emotional literacy, self-advocacy, identifying trusted adults, and community. A free educator's guide (K–3, with age-adapted discussion prompts) will be shared with waitlist members before launch.
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In advocacy work
A shared-language tool for guardians ad litem, family advocates, and social workers meeting a child mid-chapter — including CASA volunteers, family court services, child protective services caseworkers, and child life specialists in hospital settings. Small enough to slip in a bag; steady enough to open in a hallway. Meant to give a child something to point at when words are hard to find.
Four verbs. One growing library.
The Love Well series teaches four active verbs of emotional literacy — loving, noticing, discerning, and speaking. Each book models one verb, delivered with a portable tool a child can carry with them: a phrase for parents who don't show up, a thank-you rock for noticing the good, the “uh-oh feeling” for discerning what's off, the small strong voice for speaking up. A gentle library that grows with a child, from noticing what hurts to trusting one's own voice.
How to bring Charlie into your work.
For counselors and therapists
Join the waitlist to receive the clinician's guide before launch and be first to know about bulk-order pricing for practices and clinics.
For teachers and school counselors
The free educator's guide (K–3, with age-adapted discussion prompts) arrives in waitlist inboxes before launch. Bulk orders for classroom sets, school libraries, and district-wide reads are available; contact us to discuss.
For advocates and social workers
We keep a small reserve for guardians ad litem, family advocates, CASA volunteers, and hospital child life specialists. Reach out and we'll send options for individual and organizational orders.
How is your child feeling today?
"Some people love well. Others love differently. That isn't your fault, and it isn't your fix."— Charlie
Sit shoulder-to-shoulder rather than face-to-face — side-by-side lowers the pressure to perform an answer. Try naming what you notice ('your legs are wiggly today') before asking a direct question. Presence first; questions second.
