Raising The program
Two twenty-minute lessons a week. Between them, one key phrase you use in ordinary life, and a three-minute daily ritual in the app. Below are all 24 lessons: topics, key phrases and the order they come in.
What's In My Power
Your child learns to tell apart what depends on them and what doesn't, and gets their first tool against anger — the Pause.
- 1Two Baskets · What's up to me
Week 1, lesson 1 — “That's in my basket” · open, no sign-up - 2Wind and Sail · What isn't up to me, and letting it go
Week 1, lesson 2 — “I can't steer the wind. I can steer my sail.” - For you · week 1 What's up to you, and what isn't
- 3The Dragon Inside · Meeting anger
Week 2, lesson 1 — “My dragon woke up” - 4The Pause Button · The gap between what happens and what I do
Week 2, lesson 2 — “Stop. Breathe. Choose.” · open, no sign-up - For you · week 2 The pause before you raise your voice
- 5Weather Inside · Naming what I feel
Week 3, lesson 1 — “Right now I feel…” - 6The Wave · A big feeling always passes
Week 3, lesson 2 — “The wave comes and the wave goes” - For you · week 3 Name your weather, let the wave pass
- 7It's Not the Thing, It's the Thought · What happened → what I thought → how I felt
Week 4, lesson 1 — “I thought it — and then I got mad” - 8The Basket Tournament · A fast round of everything from month one
Week 4, lesson 2 — “I'm the boss of my dragon” - For you · week 4 It's not what they did, it's what you think it meant
The Compass: Four Strengths
Courage, wisdom, self-control and fairness stop being words and become things you do. This month aims squarely at fears and at "I want it now".
- 9Courage · Scared doesn't mean stop
Week 5, lesson 1 — “Brave means scared and doing it anyway” - 10The Bravery Ladder · One small step into the fear
Week 5, lesson 2 — “One step, then stop” - For you · week 5 Your fear for them, and letting them try
- 11Wisdom · What matters and what doesn't
Week 6, lesson 1 — “Is this big or is this small?” - 12True or Made Up · Checking a fear against the facts
Week 6, lesson 2 — “Is it true, or did I make it up?” - For you · week 6 When your worry writes their whole future
- 13Boss of My Want · "I want it now," and learning to wait
Week 7, lesson 1 — “I'm the boss of my want” - 14Enough · Noticing what's already here
Week 7, lesson 2 — “I already have enough” - For you · week 7 Your phone, your want, and what's already here
- 15Fair Play · Fair means the same rules for everyone
Week 8, lesson 1 — “I play fair” - 16Stepping In · We're here to help each other
Week 8, lesson 2 — “I can help” - For you · week 8 Fair play starts with the grown-up
The Obstacle Is the Way
Your child learns to not give up, to change the plan, and to notice what they already have. The program closes with a set of rules they write themselves.
- 17Not Yet · A mistake is practice, not a verdict
Week 9, lesson 1 — “Not yet” · open, no sign-up - 18Two Roads · Heracles at the crossroads
Week 9, lesson 2 — “The easy road or the good road” - For you · week 9 Your mistakes are practice, not a verdict
- 19"Oh no!" → "Oh good!" · The obstacle becomes the way
Week 10, lesson 1 — “Oh good! Now I can…” - 20Plan B · When it all goes wrong
Week 10, lesson 2 — “There's another way” - For you · week 10 When the day goes wrong: a Plan B, not a war
- 21Imagine It's Gone · Noticing what you'd miss
Week 11, lesson 1 — “I'm glad this is here” - 22The View From Above · Seeing it from up high
Week 11, lesson 2 — “What if I look from up high?” - For you · week 11 What's already here, and how big bedtime really is
- 23My Fort · The rules I keep
Week 12, lesson 1 — “This is who I am” - 24The Little Stoic's Day · A good finish
Week 12, lesson 2 — “I can handle this” - For you · week 12 Your rules as a parent, in your own words
Three lessons are open in full
So you can see how the program works without signing up: Two Baskets, The Pause Button, Not Yet. The rest of the lessons and the app open after you sign in. It's free, by a code sent to your email — no password to invent.