Big Life Journal - Daily Edition (ages 5-11)

My autistic 6 yr old and I started this about 2 weeks ago and it’s helped him slow down during his rough days to where he’ll let it out during our time. Might not seem like much but it’s helped wonders with his peer to peer interactions already.

Amazing product! Love how they have designed it for kids!

My daughter is 6 and has trouble winding down at night. Using this journal to get some thoughts and feelings on paper is incredibly helpful. She sleeps more soundly because of it.

I gave this to my daughter for her 10th birthday, and ahe is loving it. She stays up filling out the pages happily. I can see it being over the head of a young child who might skip all over and not get the most out of it.

I got the Know Me if You Can game and two of the journals for my son (7yo). I wanted to let him choose which journal to start with so he would feel more involved and excited to start, and he was definitely excited! He chose me to be his journal buddy (yay!) and he so looks forward to doing the exercises. Sometimes I have to remind him to leave some for the next time! As far as the game goes; we had been struggling with poor sportsmanship and losing gracefully, to the point that family game night was off the table because our son would get so angry at losing that it just wasn’t fun for anyone. He had also been struggling with a lot of negative self thoughts and was starting to lash out negatively in ways that I wanted to redirect. Know Me If You Can has really helped with ALL of these problems. Since there is no point system, we just get to play and have fun and there are no winners or losers, so there are no bad feelings at the end of the night. It’s even allowed us to get back in to some of our other favorite games with better sportsmanship. It’s been so helpful to me, as well, because I too struggle with negativity (wonder where the kid learned it!) and hearing how my family views me (Mommy is DEFINITELY the one most likely to point out something beautiful in nature and make sure we see it too) has helped me see myself in a more positive light. It can be very touching and poignant at times, but there’s plenty of silliness and fun to keep everyone laughing. It’s been so nice learning more about my family and growing closer over this game. I was afraid it wouldn’t go over well (for all his dislike of losing, my son is extremely competitive and will turn EVERYTHING into a win/lose contest, even putting your shoes on) but the second night we had it, my son rushed through his dinner so we could play it right after dinner. Every time we have a free night, the first question out of his mouth is “can we play Know Me Better Man?” We had just watched Muppets Christmas Carol when we got the game and that’s just what he calls it now! It’s a wonderful game, I cannot recommend it enough. Even if you aren’t trying to correct/redirect behavior or dealing with negative self imagery, it’s just a good time with people you love.