For Parents
Do I need to check this too?
Probably. That’s what parents do.
Another app, game, website or new “thing” appears on a phone, and the questions start:
Is it any good?
Is it safe?
Does it actually help?
Or did I just add one more thing to the list of things I’m supposed to worry about?
Fair question.
Actually, if you’ve made it this far, that’s exactly what we’re trying to do here: make it a little easier for you to decide for yourself.
One more thing on the phone?
Yes. spiKe runs on a phone.
We know. We weren’t exactly thinking the world was short on reasons to stare at a screen either.
But spiKe isn’t trying to keep you there.
The idea is pretty much the opposite: you go in, find a move small enough to start, and ideally, put the phone down.
Because the important part doesn’t happen inside spiKe. It happens after.
If you want to see what spiKe actually does, step by step, we explain it here: How spiKe Works.
We don’t know who you are.
And we’re completely fine with that.
No account.
We don’t care whether you’re 10 or 99. A girl or a boy. What school you go to. What sport you play. Or what you had for breakfast.
We don’t store data about you, and we don’t build a profile to figure out “what kind of person you are.”
So how does spiKe know what to do?
It doesn’t know who you are.
It only knows what you tell it in that moment: “This is where I’m stuck.”
That’s enough.
It doesn’t need your history to help you find the next move. It doesn’t need to follow you from one day to the next. And frankly, we don’t want to know more than we need to.
You bring the situation.
spiKe brings an idea for the first move.
ONE MOVE AT A TIME.
And now I have to check whether they used it?
Do I need to know what they did in there?
No.
spiKe isn’t an activity report, and it’s not a place for parents to track their child’s progress.
If they used it, good. If they didn’t, also good.
The point isn’t to add one more question at the end of the day:
“Did you do your homework?”
“Did you pack your gear?”
“Did you use spiKe?”
Let’s not.
spiKe works better when it belongs to the person using it.
Sometimes the best thing we can do is show a child that a tool exists, then give them a little room.
Try it yourself first.
By now, you may have raised an eyebrow.
“Yeah, right.”
“Sounds too good.”
“There’s no way it’s really that simple.”
Good.
You don’t have to take our word for it. Take five minutes and try spiKe yourself.
Not to check whether it’s “right for your child.” Use it for something real in your own life.
An email you’ve been putting off.
Something you don’t know how to start.
Something that, today, simply feels like too much.
See what happens.
After that, you don’t have to tell us anything.
You’ll know whether you want to show it to your child.
You might end up keeping it for yourself.
By the way, you don’t have to be a kid to get stuck. Adults are actually very good at it.
We just call it other things:
“I didn’t have time.”
“I’ll do it tomorrow.”
“I just need to get organized first.”
“I’ll start Monday.”
You can use spiKe too.
Not because you need another app to organize your life.
But because sometimes, whether you’re 10, 40 or 99, the problem is the same: the next step feels too big.
And then we make it smaller.
ONE MOVE AT A TIME.