Maddy · Caregiver surface · proposed reskin

The Things room

A separate file from the plan. Same warmth, same copy, same load-carrying logic. The caregiver surface moves out of the Subject's Calm room (pastel gradient, a cartoon Pip narrating your card, emoji-as-icons, soft oversized forms, at-rest motion) into the Things room our own canon assigns it: warm-neutral, hairlines, Lexend weight for authority, line icons, the system's own assured voice, a small static Pip on her card only. Confidence from precision and an honest promise, never from going cold.

Triple-checked · canon-compliant · best-in-class · not overcorrected · ship it

Verified against RESEARCH / BRAND / CAREGIVER and real best-in-class (Apple Health, Things 3, Linear, Ramp, Mercury, Oura, Tiimo). Two clinical-drift traps corrected from the earlier mock: warm cocoa ink #2B2620 (not cool slate), and warm off-white cards #FBF8F2 (not pure white). Theme decision: the caregiver picks their own theme (distinct from the Subject, same for Supporter and Peer). Theme = palette, chosen per person; tone = Things, fixed by role. Any of the 8 renders in the restrained Things tone via thingsTone(T): the SHAPE stays stable (flat surface, hairlines, one accent, line icons, no ambient gradient) and only the hue changes. The stability of the shape is the load-reduction; the hue is theirs. Night Owl renders a real dark Things track.

surface #F4EFE6 card #FBF8F2 hairline #E7DECE ink #2B2620 dim #6E655B accent #6B5FA8 (rare)
The daily channel

Calm, and in control

The everyday surface. Her state in firm Lexend, a small static Pip (the bridge, never the narrator), the system's own voice making a real promise, one precise figure that proves the contingency is running.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
MADDY
🐢Good today
Nothing needs you right now. You'll get a notification the moment anything does.
Maddy has earned $14this week, 3 things recognized
Manage
caught up · the most-shown screen

The whole tone in one screen

Warm-neutral, hairlines, firm "Good today," a small static Pip, the system's promise, one precise figure. No gradient, no breathing turtle, no emoji-as-icon.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
MADDY
A few things to recognize
🛏️🌸
🚿🌸
🪥🌸
Tap any one to look closer
Manage
something to recognize

Her wins, then one firm action

The chips are still (no float), the action is the single plum moment with the real $3 in tabular figures. One job on the screen.

BackMaddy
A MOMENT FROM MADDY
Took a shower $2
Ask for a change
look closer

The proof, the real reward

Her photo in a hairline frame (no candy gradient placeholder), the task named plainly, "Ask for a change" a quiet text link, never a balanced approve/deny.

BackMaddy
Send Maddy a note
She'll see it when she's ready. No pressure to reply.
So proud of how you showed up today.
It lands on her home as a note from you.
the composer

Warm, but the system's room

Same warm intent, no turtle messenger and no emoji picker row. A plain field, a firm Send, a quiet line of reassurance.

Two-way warmth

Her experience, and what you mean to her

The warmth still flows back, now in the parent's room. Her own words are the one place subjectivity leads, set in warm cocoa, never narrated by a character.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
IN HER WORDS
The shower felt like a lot today.
too muchsensory
Suggested: make it optional on tough days
what Maddy told you

Subjectivity, the one place it leads

Her words in warm cocoa at 16/500, the one warm-voice moment. The fix is pre-built and reversible; it never touches her money.

🌸 Maddy's circleClose
Maddy passed $100 she earned herself.
You made the room for that. Quietly, every day.
in her corner (JER-569)

A reflection, not a sticker

A calm cream medallion (no glowing radial halo), tied to her autonomy, the figure precise. Forward-only, never a streak. One gentle fade-in, no at-rest glow.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
🐢 MADDY LEFT YOU SOMETHING
Thanks for not giving up on me. Today was a better one.
From Maddy
Say something back
gratitude back (F1)

The strongest lever, plainly held

Her thank-you in her own words. The small static Pip marks it as the bridge; no first-person turtle, no confetti. The single most evidence-backed caregiver lever.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
🐢
Maddy reached out today.
Today felt heavy. She wanted you to know.
Her wins are here when you're ready.
she chose to tell you (F5)

The reach-out owns the screen

The highest-stakes open, kept calm. Warm cocoa, no red, no alarm. Guided to warmth, never an "are you okay?" interrogation. Tasks wait.

You

Clearly the parent's room

Self-Care and the load-shed hatch, in the Things tone: line icons, a tight inset list, the system carrying the day in its own voice.

Back
For you, Jeremy.
Supporting is heavy work. This part is yours.
BreatheA one-minute reset
GroundFive senses, slow
SoundsPlays while you work
Good to know
Reward that a need got met, not how "normal" it looked. It keeps tasks honest to who she is.
Self-Care

A tool for a grown adult

Line icons, a tight inset list, firm title, warm copy intact. The same calm, but it reads as the parent's room, not the child's recolored.

Back
Let's quiet things down.
I'll carry today. Nothing here will pull at you.
Maddy won't be left waiting. She'll see a warm note: "Seen. I'll get to these when there's room."
running low

The system carries it, plainly

The load-shed hatch in the system's own assured voice (no turtle), warm-neutral. Zero self-report, and Maddy is never stranded.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
🐢
MADDY
Maddy's mostly got this now.
FOR YOU
More and more, this part is just yours.
She's doing more on her own, because of the foundation you built.
Breathe
Sounds
the fade · months later

Doing less, shown not stated

Both zones warm-neutral; the her/you distinction carried by label and size, never by tint (a11y-safe). Her side recedes, yours grows.

Everything else

The Manage sheet and the money, done right

The one door opens a warm-neutral sheet (the single place a soft shadow is allowed). Money is real, tabular, no-zero, with undo as a soft void.

🌸 Maddy's circleSelf-Care
MADDY
🐢Good today
ManageDone
Tasks12 active, 1 weekly
Weekly budgetUp to $25
Manage · the pull-up sheet

Warm-neutral, line icons, real values

The decided pull-up handle opens this. Segmented hub, line icons (no gift/calendar emoji), values in tabular plum. The one place a soft shadow lives.

BackMaddy
REWARDS
Maddy has earned this week
$14
🚿Took a shower$2Undo
🛏️Made her bed$2Undo
🌙YesterdayA rest day
Undo just voids it gently. Nothing is taken from her.
Rewards · the money

Real, co-visible, no-zero

Hero figure in tabular plum, precise ledger, a rest day reads "–" not "$0." Undo as a soft void. The strongest single competence signal, done warmly.

Per-role theming

Same room, your palette

Each person picks their own theme, distinct from the Subject (caregiver, supporter, peer alike). The caregiver's theme always renders in the Things tone: the shape is stable (flat surface, hairlines, one accent, line icons, no gradient) and only the hue changes. The same caught-up screen, four caregiver-chosen themes. Theme is already per-user in code (profiles.theme); this is tokenization via thingsTone(T), not a data-model change.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
MADDY
🐢Good today
Nothing needs you right now. You'll get a notification the moment anything does.
Maddy has earned $14this week, 3 things recognized
Manage
Dream Space

The canonical Things room

Low-chroma violet-grey surface, plum accent. The reskin's default and the safest fit.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
MADDY
🐢Good today
Nothing needs you right now. You'll get a notification the moment anything does.
Maddy has earned $14this week, 3 things recognized
Manage
Bubblegum, restrained

Candy palette, still in control

The candy hue is chroma-cut to a soft tinted neutral, the gradient dropped, the accent darkened to clear WCAG at small sizes. Restraint identical to Dream Space; only the hue differs.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
MADDY
🐢Good today
Nothing needs you right now. You'll get a notification the moment anything does.
Maddy has earned $14this week, 3 things recognized
Manage
Ocean Blue

Cool-neutral, system blue

A clean fit: cool-neutral surface, a trustworthy blue accent. Cool ink is correct here because the chosen palette is cool.

🌸 Maddy's circle Self-Care
MADDY
🐢Good today
Nothing needs you right now. You'll get a notification the moment anything does.
Maddy has earned $14this week, 3 things recognized
Manage
Night Owl

A real dark Things track

Not a lightened cream room: off-black card (never pure black), hairlines, lavender accent lightened for contrast. The palette choice drives this, distinct from OS dark mode.

How per-role theming works (the locked model)

What changed, and why it's safe

Removed (the juvenile tells)

  • The pastel ambient gradient (canon: AmbientBackground is Subject-only).
  • Pip narrating your card in first person (canon: the YOU card has no companion).
  • Emoji as status icons and care tiles (canon: Ionicons for affordances).
  • Drop-shadowed soft oversized cards (canon: hairlines, no dadCard shadows).
  • At-rest breathing/float motion (canon: caregiver = restraint).
  • Vague ledger labels (canon: quantify the reward, name it plainly).

Kept (the warmth + the thinking)

  • Every warm string, verbatim, moved to the system's assured voice.
  • The reliability contract ("I'll notify you the moment...") = the research-backed no-news-is-good-news move.
  • A small static Pip on her card only (the bridge that dissolves the manager frame).
  • The warm-slot arbiter, "Soften this task," precise money, the fade, Group F.
  • One warm-voice moment: her own words (The After, gratitude) lead in warm cocoa.

Gesture safety: Manage vs the iOS home swipe

The guardrails that keep it warm, not clinical