THE LEARNING PATH / SEVEN LEVELS OF GROWING TOGETHER
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Twenty-one small courses. Seven earned distinctions. A family that keeps learning together. No one has to wear the robes to the school run.
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LEVEL 01 / Show up. Start small.
Newbie
Getting ready: a new person is coming, and they did not read the manual either.
Start here · all three courses free · 3 coursesTeamwork
Expecting, Together
Whether the baby arrives by birth, adoption or a very organized spreadsheet of paperwork, 'we're expecting' means both of you.
Free · Start learning →Baby Logistics
The Nursery Is Not the Point
The baby needs about twelve things. The internet will sell you three hundred. A wipe warmer is not a parenting strategy.
Free · Start learning →Family Life
The Village, Assembled
It takes a village. Specifically, a village that brings food, holds the baby for twenty minutes and leaves when asked.
Free · Start learning →LEVEL 02 / Own the whole task.
Apprentice
The newborn months: small person, big logistics.
Unlock after completing Newbie · paid access required · 3 coursesBaby Logistics
The First Six Weeks
A crash course in a job with no training, no breaks and a boss who communicates exclusively by screaming. You'll love them anyway.
Included in the full curriculum →Teamwork
Night Shifts, Fairly Divided
Welcome to the Tired Olympics, where both of you are going for gold and nobody wins. Let's try a rota instead.
Included in the full curriculum →Family Life
Looking After the Grown-Ups
The baby has a whole team monitoring its every burp. This course is about the two exhausted people holding it.
Included in the full curriculum →LEVEL 03 / Listen. Understand. Act.
Practitioner
The couple after the baby: still here, slightly sticky.
Unlock after completing Apprentice · paid access required · 3 coursesCommunication
Still a Couple, Technically
You used to have long dinners. Now you communicate in grunts and diaper counts. Let's get back a little of the romance.
Included in the full curriculum →Teamwork
The Mental Load, Itemized
Someone in your house knows when the vaccines are due, what size shoes fit and that you're out of wipes. This course is about sharing that person's brain.
Included in the full curriculum →Family Life
Grandparents, Advice and Other Weather Systems
Grandma says a hat. Your mother-in-law says no hat. The pediatrician says follow the guidance. The baby says nothing, and is right.
Included in the full curriculum →LEVEL 04 / Make room for us.
Specialist
Toddlers and little ones: tiny people, huge opinions.
Unlock after completing Practitioner · paid access required · 3 coursesCommunication
Toddlers: Small, Loud, Negotiating
You wanted the blue cup. Then the red cup. Then no cup, and now the day is ruined. Welcome to diplomacy with a very short delegate.
Included in the full curriculum →Teamwork
Same Page Parenting
Children spot a disagreement between parents faster than a dog spots a dropped sandwich. Get on the same page before the tiny lawyer does.
Included in the full curriculum →Family Life
Screens, Snacks and Other Bargains
Every parent has negotiated with a three-year-old over a cracker. Here's how to lose fewer of those negotiations and feel less guilty about the ones you lose.
Included in the full curriculum →LEVEL 05 / Care without conditions.
Expert
The school years: homework, lunches and a group chat with 94 unread messages.
Unlock after completing Specialist · paid access required · 3 coursesBaby Logistics
The School Years, Survived
Permission slips, spelling tests, a costume needed tomorrow and a class group chat with 94 unread messages. You've got this. Probably.
Included in the full curriculum →Communication
Talking So Kids Listen (Sometimes)
You've asked eleven times to put the shoes on. Try asking once, better. We can't promise miracles, but we can promise fewer repeats.
Included in the full curriculum →Teamwork
Discipline Without Drama
Discipline means teaching, not punishing. Also, it means following through, which is the hard part, especially when you've threatened to cancel Christmas.
Included in the full curriculum →LEVEL 06 / Plan a life together.
Distinguished Fellow
Teenagers, family money and every kind of family.
Unlock after completing Expert · paid access required · 3 coursesCommunication
Teenagers: A Field Study
They used to hold your hand. Now they'd rather walk three meters behind you. Don't worry: they still need you, they're just being very cool about it.
Included in the full curriculum →Family Life
Money, Chores and the Family Economy
Your household is a small economy with one central bank and several very persuasive lobbyists. Let's teach them how it works.
Included in the full curriculum →Family Life
Every Kind of Family
Step-parents, co-parents, single parents, adoptive parents, two moms, two dads, grandparents in charge. Families come in more shapes than Tupperware lids, and they all find a way to fit.
Included in the full curriculum →LEVEL 07 / A practice. Not a finish line.
Master
The long game: traditions, hard times and the day they leave home.
Unlock after completing Distinguished Fellow · paid access required · 3 coursesFamily Life
Family Traditions, Invented Here
Every family has a weird tradition. Ours might be pancakes on Tuesdays and a dance party when the dishwasher is emptied. Yours can be weirder.
Included in the full curriculum →Communication
When Life Gets Heavy, as a Family
Moves, job losses, illness and grief happen to every family eventually. This course is about carrying them together.
Included in the full curriculum →Teamwork
Master of Family Life
One day you'll have a quiet house and a bathroom to yourself. Some days you'll miss the chaos. This is the final practicum.
Included in the full curriculum →FAMILY LIFE, WITH HONORS.
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Newbie: free. All three courses, exams and retakes. Pass all three to earn your Newbie diploma and FC badge.
All 21 courses: US$5.99. Seven levels, 105 lessons, course certificates and seven earned diplomas. Levels unlock as you pass their exams.
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