2026-06-02
"I'll start fresh Monday" — a habit tracker for kids who quit after missing one day
Piano, math sheets, sight words. My kid skips a couple days and tries to throw the whole streak out. TodoFarm logs what he actually did, not a yes/no — 5 minutes counts as 5 minutes, and a zero day doesn't erase the past. A habit tracker for kids built to break the all-or-nothing mindset.
2026-06-05
"You said ten times for game time" — a reward-tracking passbook app for kids
My kid hits me with 'ten worksheets for game time, remember?' and I genuinely cannot remember if I said it. TodoBank is a reward-tracking app for kids: the deal lives in a passbook instead of my memory, 'three more to go' shows up as a balance, and on a low-energy day the balance covers it.
2026-06-06
The school keeps calling about my kid — so I built a behavior incident log for parents
When the school keeps calling, six months in your memory is mush — who was that kid, what happened, did I apologize to that parent? TroubleNote is a parent-only behavior incident log, organized by friend, by date, by place. No advice. Just lays it out. And when the data shows your kid is actually hitting less than last year, you breathe a little.
2026-06-13
“They grow up so fast” — so I did the math on how much time I have left with my kid
7 p.m. on a Tuesday, kid on the floor at Trader Joe's, and the grandma behind us smiles and says “they grow up so fast.” Same cliché as “things were better back then,” I think. So I went home and did the math. We're past 50% already. LastDays is a countdown of the days left with your kid — the app I built so I'd see that number on my phone every day.
2026-05-31
Orwell's doublethink, but it's parenting — he won't listen, and I want him happy
WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. And my kid won't listen, but I want him happy. I lined up the 1984 slogans next to my own, and turns out I'm running doublethink in my living room every day. Nobody made me do it.
2026-05-30
"Fools learn from experience" — Bismarck, Piaget, and a kid who won't take my shortcuts
Same kanji, same wrong stroke, third time this week. I already hit this wall 30 years ago. I'm trying to hand him the history. He's not taking it. Bismarck's
2026-05-29
Losing patience with my kid over a test score — until I split process from outcome
My kid brought home a 60. I felt the lecture rising and stopped it — barely. Turns out the rage isn't about the score. It's about him not doing what I want, when I want. On losing patience with your kid, process vs. outcome responsibility, and why treating your kid as a separate person is mostly for your own sanity.
2026-05-26
Why my kid won't even try — nobody shoots at a hoop bolted to the roof
When your kid won't even try, it's often not about skill — he's decided it's out of reach, like a hoop bolted to a roof. On self-efficacy, lowering the rim instead of cheering louder, and self-doubt as a parent.