Worry Pals are modern day worry dolls for little worriers, accompanied by a short story and a journal to encourage children to journal regularly as a way to express their worries and emotions. Our mission is to normalize worry and help as many children as possible manage worry, especially before bedtime.
Worry Pals was written and illustrated by a mother-daughter team from Vancouver Island, Canada. The idea of Worry Pals came to our founder, Lana, one night as she was lying in bed searching the intranet to find something to comfort her two young boys before bedtime.
The concept was a mantra in the form of a story before bedtime, a way to express worries through writing and something to cuddle. And so Worry Pals was born.