Pillar 01
A secure attachment
A child who knows their distress will be met grows into an adult who trusts the world. The single strongest predictor in 80 years of longitudinal research.
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A guide, not a feed
A calm, evidence-based guide for raising a child from 0 to 22.
The Compass shows you what matters this week — not the firehose of everything ever written about parenting. Every recommendation is tagged with its evidence. Every stage tells you what's coming next.
StrongTagged tier on every recommendation.·AAP, CDC, WHO consensus where it exists.
01 · The product
Less than you think you need. More than you'd find on your own.
Five to eight things to focus on this week. Quietly available depth when you want it. Nothing else.
This week · Maya, 7 mo 3 d
- ●Solid foods: introducing common allergens (peanut, egg, dairy)
- ●The 8-month sleep regression — what it is, what to do
- ●Object permanence: 3 games to play this week
- ●9-month visit prep: questions to bring
- ●Babyproofing checklist — second pass
Coming up · next 30 days
- • 9-month well visit · check-in questionnaire
- • First word, likely between 10 – 14 months
- • M-CHAT autism screen at 18 months
- • Stranger anxiety often peaks at 9 months
Strong CDC Learn the Signs · 2022 revision
02 · The science
Six decades of research. Ten quiet rules.
The Dunedin study, the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the Minnesota Longitudinal Study, the ACE study, the ABCD study — they converge on a small list. The Compass is built on that list.
Pillar 02
Authoritative parenting
Warmth and high expectations together — not one without the other. The pattern that best predicts mental health, school, and adult relationships.
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Pillar 03
Executive function
Working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility. Built through pretend play, music, story, sleep, and progressively harder demands.
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Pillar 04
Self-regulation
Children learn to calm themselves through thousands of moments of co-regulation. Name it to tame it works because it activates the prefrontal cortex.
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Pillar 05
Language-rich days
Conversational turns — not just word counts — predict brain growth. Read aloud daily from infancy through adolescence.
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Pillar 06
Sleep · food · movement
Brain development depends on the basics. Mediterranean-style eating, age-appropriate sleep, and time outdoors do more than any supplement.
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Pillar 07
Connection through teens
The biggest mistake in adolescence is pulling back because they seem to want it. Stay warm. Stay involved. Conflict is normal — distance is not.
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Pillar 08
Belonging
Family, friends, school, identity. The strongest single protective factor against adolescent suicide in CDC surveillance data.
Moderate
Pillar 09
Growth mindset & failure
Praise process, not traits. Let them try hard things and recover. Grit grows where appropriate-level challenge meets steady support.
Moderate
Pillar 10
Delayed phones & social media
No smartphone before high school. No social media before 16. Phone-free bedrooms is the single most important rule in this stage.
Emerging
03 · How it works
Three small habits, repeated.
No infinite scroll. No notifications you didn't ask for. No comparing yourself to other families.
Step one
Tell us about your child.
Birthday, name. Add a partner, grandparent, or nanny. Up to four children per account.
Step two
A short check-in, monthly-ish.
Three to ten questions, calibrated to age. Tells us what's typical for your child, not the average child.
Step three
Open the dashboard when you have a minute.
Five things to focus on. A timeline of what's next. The hard conversations, age-appropriate, when they apply.
04 · Promises
What we will, and won't, do.
We will cite our sources on every claim.
We will tell you when experts disagree.
We will show alternatives where evidence is genuinely contested.
We will stay free of advertising and tracking.
We won't sell your data — ever.
We won't replace your pediatrician.
We won't pretend parenting is solvable.
We won't add a community feed or comparison features.
Start small
Add your child. Take the first check-in. See your week.
Free during the launch. Cancel any time. Your data is yours, exportable as JSON.