Companion site to the book
Parenting tools you can start tonight
Six free tools and five printable sheets. Each one turns a decision you keep postponing into something you can print.
- Free
- No account
- Answers stay on your device
- Prints in black and white
They were built for the end of the day, once the house is finally quiet and there is little energy left for setting anything up.
What this site is
A free set of worksheets and cards that go with the book Parenting, Stage by Stage. Six of them ask you questions in your browser, one at a time, and turn your answers into a document you can edit, print, copy or throw away. The other five are sheets: nothing to answer on a screen, you print the blank sheet and fill it in by hand. Nothing you type into a tool is sent to a server, there is no account, and no tool asks for a child's name, birth date, school or photograph. The private feedback form is the one thing on the site that sends what you enter, and only when you press its button. The site also counts its own page views, without cookies; the privacy page says what that counter records and what the form forwards.
How it works
- 1
Pick the thing that is actually on your mind
Screens, a conversation you are dreading, a routine that keeps collapsing, a freedom you are not sure about yet.
- 2
Answer the questions, one at a time
No child's name, no birth date, no school. Nothing you type leaves the browser, because there is nowhere for it to go.
- 3
Leave with something written down, not a feeling
Edit it, print it, copy it, or clear it. Come back and start again whenever the situation changes.
Start with what you need
Every tool says how long it takes and what it will not do.
What these tools are not
Not a diagnosis, not medical, legal or safeguarding advice, and never a substitute for a person who can actually help. If someone is in danger right now, stop reading and contact the emergency services in the place where that person is.
Where this comes from
Each tool lists the sources behind it, and what each source does and does not support. Where a recommendation depends on the country you live in, the tool says so instead of guessing. No page on the site has been read by a specialist or tested with parents yet: that work is still to do, and the method page says where it stands. In the meantime each tool and sheet says on its own page where it stops, what it does not do, and when to turn to a person.
The site and the book
The tools stand on their own. The book explains the thinking behind them and carries every safety step that must never depend on a website: what to watch for, when to stop, and who to call. The book prints a QR code for this library and one beside each tool, and each code leads to its page here. If store links for the book are added, they will be on the book page and nowhere else.
Questions parents ask first
Do I need the book to use these?
No. Every tool stands on its own. The book explains the thinking behind it and carries the parts that must never depend on a website.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. Everything is worked out in your browser. Saving is a button you press on purpose, on this device, and every tool has a Clear button beside it. The five printable sheets save nothing in the first place, because there is nothing to answer on a screen.
Is anything about my child stored?
The tools never ask for a name, a full birth date, an address, a school or a photo. If a field would tempt you to type one, it is not there.
Is it really free, and what is the catch?
It is free and it stays free. There are no ads, no newsletter, no account and no cookies. The site exists because a printed book cannot take your answers and turn them into a sheet you can correct and print again.
Have specialists reviewed these tools?
Not yet. The tools touch health, safeguarding, law and AI, and nobody with that training has read them. No group of parents has tested them either. The method page says what is still to do. You can use everything in the meantime: every tool and sheet says on its own page where it stops and when to turn to a person.
Can I print the sheets?
Yes, in A4 or US Letter, and they are designed to survive a black and white home printer. Nothing on a printed sheet depends on a color.