🌱 Teens·6 min read
Staying Connected With Your Teenager
Teens pull away — it's their job. Here's how to keep the relationship strong through the eye-rolls, closed doors, and one-word answers.
Calm, confident parenting
The love is already there.
We help with the rest.
ParentUp turns a few spare minutes into calmer days — one small, doable step at a time, built around your real life and your actual child. No judgement, just help.
Free to start · No ads · Private by design
What ParentUp is
Parenting is the hardest job in the world — and the one nobody trains you for.
ParentUp is a gentle companion for parents of toddlers to teens. Every day it gives you one small, doable focus — not homework, not a lecture — and quietly helps you understand the child in front of you. It works with your parenting style, gentle or structured, and meets your family exactly where you are.
Inside the app
Wins, not chores
A few calm minutes a day that actually change things.
Short guided journeys
Tantrum Rescue, Sibling Peace, Calm the Worry, Brave Goodbyes and more — 20+ journeys broken into bite-size lessons. Each one ends with a win: something small you'll actually try tonight.
Patterns — understand your child, don't just cope
Log tough and lovely moments in seconds. ParentUp quietly connects the dots — “screens before bed, tougher bedtimes” — and shows you the evidence behind every insight. Your child isn't a mystery; they have patterns, and you're the expert who spots them.
Coach Ella, in your pocket
A warm parenting coach who knows your family — your children's names, ages and temperaments, your reality. Ask anything at 3am. Ella supports your style — gentle or firm — and never judges.
A private Story of their childhood
Capture little moments and photos in a private family keepsake. Invite your co-parent so you both add to the same story — theirs to treasure, yours to keep.
The Growth Garden
Small steps become something beautiful
Complete your daily focus and your watercolour tree grows — sprout to sapling to full blossom. There's no streak to lose and no guilt waiting when life happens: your garden never withers.
Every kind of child
Support that starts from understanding
Affirming guidance for parents of autistic children and children with ADHD or sensory differences — built on understanding and accommodation, never on “fixing”. Solo parents, blended families, grandparents raising grandchildren: ParentUp meets you where you are.
ParentUp Plus
Free for every family. Plus, when you want more.
Free, for good
Everything a family needs to get going — not a teaser.
- All 20+ courses and tracks — Tantrum Rescue, Sibling Peace, Calm the Worry and more
- The Growth Garden and your Daily Moment
- Patterns insights
- Co-parent linking
- Coach Ella — 5 messages a day
- Story — 1 photo per memory, 30-day photo history
- 25 word-for-word scripts
ParentUp Plus
The full experience
- Unlimited Coach Ella
- Up to 10 photos per memory, kept forever
- Special occasions in your Story
- All 50 scripts
- Family plan — two parents, every feature
Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Google Play.
Private by design
Your family's story is nobody's business but yours
Local-first
Most of your data never leaves your phone. Only what a feature truly needs is synced.
Stored in the EU
What does sync is encrypted in transit and stored on servers in the European Union.
Photos stay private
Story photos live in a private space only your family can see, with location data stripped.
AI reads text, never photos
Coaching and insights use text only. Your data is never used to train AI models.
No ads, no selling data
You are the customer, not the product. Your family's data is never sold or shared with advertisers.
One tap deletes everything
Delete your account in the app and every trace is erased — immediately and irreversibly.
Free to download
Beautiful printables for real family life
Bedtime charts, calm-down cards, feelings posters, visual schedules and more — hand-illustrated, genuinely useful, and free. No signup required.
Browse free resources
Find your topic
Calm Home
Lower the temperature at home — tantrums, big feelings, and staying steady when it's hard.
Everyday Rhythms
Mornings, mealtimes, screens, and bedtime — the daily routines that make family life flow.
Character & Values
Kindness, honesty, resilience — raising children whose character you're proud of.
Life Skills
Independence, responsibility, and the practical skills children carry into adulthood.
Teens
Staying connected through the teenage years — communication, boundaries, and trust.
Additional Needs
Understanding and supporting neurodivergent children — autism, ADHD, sensory and more.
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View all →🤝 Additional Needs·5 min read
Supporting Your Child's Sensory Needs at Home
From scratchy labels to loud hand dryers, the everyday world can feel overwhelming for sensory-sensitive children. Here's how to make home a calmer place.
Read article →Sensitive topic
🧩 Life Skills·5 min read
Building Independence: Letting Go a Little at a Time
Raising a capable, confident child means slowly handing over control. Here's how to build independence without throwing them in the deep end.
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Turn five spare minutes into a calmer home
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