Steady the room
Before any teaching happens, the temperature has to drop. Your nervous system is the thermostat in the house. Kidley's "Breathe with Liu" tool is built for exactly this: a five-minute box-breath you can do while the kid is mid-meltdown.
Hold the limit
Kind doesn't mean unclear. Every protocol shows you the precise sentence that keeps the limit warm but firm. The script is the same words every time, so your child stops auditioning the limit.
"It is bedtime. I love you. I will see you in the morning."
"You can be angry. You cannot hit. I'm going to help your hands stay safe."
Use one sentence
Less talking. More signal. A dysregulated child can't process paragraphs. Every Kidley protocol gives you a single anchor script you've already practised, plus the body movement that matches it.
Repair after
The relationship is the long game. Ruptures don't damage. Ruptures-without-repair do. Kidley's Repair Script Builder generates a four-sentence repair, custom to what happened, that you can read aloud once the room is quiet again.
"That was hard. I lost my voice. Your big feelings make sense. We're okay."
One loop. Twenty-two moments today.
The same four moves play out across every protocol Kidley ships. Bedtime, mealtimes, hitting, screens, sibling fights, the morning rush, drop-off, leaving the park. Different surface. Same shape underneath. 40+ more protocols ship over the next 6 months — included free for founding members.
What you actually get
Built for use under pressure. Short enough to find fast. Deep enough to trust. Growing every week.
22 protocols today
One per common hard moment
Anchor script → 5-step sequence → quiet-time version → pocket card you can save to your library. Bedtime resistance. Hitting. Screen shutdowns. Drop-off. 18 more.
2 deep-dive guides today
Potty Training & Sleep Independence
Each one is a full programme with a 14-day arc, scripts, and printables. Not blog-post bonuses. Read once, use for two years.
6 interactive tools today
Repair scripts, bedtime cards, media agreements
Repair Script Builder, Bedtime Routine Card, Family Media Agreement, Ten-Minute Connection, Pre-Outing Plan, and Breathe with Liu. Turn protocols into things you can use, save, or print.
Foundations chapter
The science, in calm-window language
Co-regulation, attachment, repair, skill practice; the principles every script rests on. Built so an exhausted parent can actually use them, not memorise them.
A living home page
Daily content, age-matched
A game, a question, a word, and a cultural practice from somewhere in the world, refreshed every day at midnight. Keeps Kidley useful on the calm days too.
Reviewed by clinicians
Paediatric & psychology advisors
Every protocol is built on co-regulation, attachment theory, and developmental psychology. Reviewed by clinicians who use the methods in their own practice.
The founding promise: what you actually get for $27.
- Everything currently inside Kidley — all 22 protocols, 2 guides, 6 core tools, the daily home page, the Foundations chapter, the research section.
- Six months of free updates to the core app. 40+ more protocols, 3+ new long-form guides, and new core tools ship during the founding window — included automatically.
- Lifetime access to everything you have on day one. Even after the founding window closes and pricing moves to $97, then $147, what you bought stays yours forever.
- No subscription. No auto-renew. One payment. One household. Done.
What's not included: kid-facing add-ons (Liu storybooks, audio stories, calm games) release as a separate paid expansion later. Founding members will get launch-day discounts on those, but they're not part of the $27 founding bundle.
Only 163 of 250 founding spots remaining.
$27 once. Everything live today, plus six months of free updates to the core app. Lifetime access.