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Your child’s other parent sent you this link. It’s about handoffs and messages, not about who was right. Here is what it is, in three lines:
Someone you know sent you this link. Here is what this site is, in three lines:
- A free, private place to understand yourself and the people in your life: short guides, a book, small tools and a friendly helper you can ask anything.
- It looks at the setup and how each person is wired (who does what, how tired each person is, how words land), never at who is to blame.
- It works for partners, co-parents, friends, family, housemates, coworkers and people on their own. No account, nothing to sign up for.
- You don’t have to do anything.Reading this page is enough. “Not now” and “no thanks” are both fine answers.
- Nobody sees your answers.Anything you type stays on this device, in this browser. Not the person who sent this, not us. There is no account and nothing to sign up for.
- You are not the problem.Sending this usually means “I’d like things to feel lighter for both of us”. The site is written for both of you.
- Nobody is the problem.Sending this usually means “I’d like handoffs and messages to go more smoothly, for the kids’ sake”. The co-parenting guide is written for both homes, and it never asks who was right.
What you’ll find here
A quick look around, so you know what’s on offer. Open anything, or nothing.
- Professor PuddlesAsk anything in your own words, about a person, a feeling or a tricky message. He answers from the site’s own checked pages, and he’s honest when he doesn’t know.
- Guides for your situationShort, kind guides for couples, friends, family, co-parents, housemates and work, and for grief, illness, coming out, a family rift or a quiet house.
- A free bookRead it like a regular book: about yourself, about life together, and how people work (feelings, stress, communication, attachment, change).
- Check a message before you send itPaste a text and see how it might land, with a calmer way to say the same thing.
- Calm down, right nowA few steps and a breathing guide for when you’re upset, on your own or with someone.
- Know how you’re wiredA two-minute quiz on how you take in words and how you like to be told things. Compare with someone if you both want to.
- Share the load fairlyA two-minute look at who does what at home, so it can be talked about without keeping score.
- UnwindCalm games, soundscapes and a cartoon puppy cam, for a breather with or without anyone else.
If you’d like to try one thing
- About 3 minutes · for co-parents
Open our shared listOne owner per job across two homes: school forms, doctor visits, the bag. Fill in your side; only what you choose to send travels. - About 3 minutes · for co-parents
A handoff-bag checklistWhat goes in the bag between homes, so fewer things get missed and fewer messages start with “you forgot”. - About 3 minutes · for co-parents
Who decides whatA short way to agree which choices you make together, which each home makes alone, and how quickly to reply. - Just read · about 3 minutes
What they can and can’t seeThe longer version of this page, with kind ways to say yes, not yet or no to a co-parent.
Got a message that stung? Read it slowly before you answer →
- About 2 minutes · just for you
Today’s WeatherA few taps on how you are doing today: sleep, stress, what would help. It reads you, never anyone else, and you don’t have to show it to anyone. - Just read · about 3 minutes
What they can and can’t seeThe longer version of this page, with kind ways to say yes, not yet or no.
That’s all. You can close this page now, or come back any time. Nothing here keeps track.
You never owe anyone a yes. These tools only help when both people want to use them.
Made for everyday disagreements between people who feel safe with each other. If anyone feels afraid or controlled, private help is here.
Sending this to someone?
Pick a message, change the words so they sound like you, and send it from your own phone. Nothing is sent from here. The link in each one opens this page.
- Send it at a calm moment, not in the middle of an argument.
- Ask for one small thing, not the whole site.
- Let “not now” be a full answer. You can still try things on your own.
If they say no or not yet, that’s an answer, not a door closing. Everything on this site also works for one person: Start in 10 minutes on your own.