Nudge Kids uses a task and reward system to teach children age-appropriate skills and habits, so they become empowered and capable individuals.

Nudge Kids helps parents guide their children in completing daily responsibilities with the goal of developing their independence and self-reliance. The daily tasks are a vehicle that improves self-confidence, which helps build high self-esteem and self-respect. This is accomplished through goal attainment and skill acquisition.

Mundane tasks are gamified to encourage kids to take an active role in their development. At first, kids will be externally motivated through our rewards system but Nudge is designed to transition this external motivation to internal motivation over time to give kids a sense of fulfillment and meaning.

Our system also helps parents set clear boundaries with their children, which helps foster a healthier parent-child relationship.

1. Parents create a task list (10-15 tasks) tailored to their child’s needs to reinforce strengths and address weaknesses. We provide task recommendations to get you started.

2. Deliver each task according to the Golden Rule: One Task, One Prompt. This is key to establish healthy boundaries.

3. Reward children for successfully completed tasks. Children earn points and can redeem these points for real world rewards such as “30 minutes of iPad time” or “$5 to spend at the video game store.” Parents can customize a menu of their child’s favorite rewards to help motivate them.

4. Points earned by the child also helps “Level up” their Nudgee character to unlock new characters and accessories. This character follows the child along their Nudge journey and can be accessed on the child side of the app.

This system was used offline by a PHD psychologist with more than 30 years of experience and has a 100% success rate with all the families who have used this system.

Each families’ success with the Nudge system is heavily incumbent upon their desire to follow the Golden Rules accurately, precisely, and consistently without wavering or bending the rules. Families have seen consistent success with this system because of the ability to follow the Golden Rules as delineated.

The success of the system in a mobile application format is even more incumbent upon following the Golden Rules exactly as outlined and without wavering. Nudge aims to offer as much guidance as possible through our FAQs, tutorials, and our support email [email protected].

1. Rewarding your child after they were prompted multiple times, teaches your child that complaining, whining, or crying will get them their way.

2. Even though your child feels like it is a “win” when they get their way via manipulation, this dynamic can be very unsettling and destabilizing for children.

3. In the short term, the whining, crying and complaining will likely increase as your child adjusts to the new dynamic. This is natural. They don’t quite know it’s for their own good yet.

4. This painful segment is short-lived if parents are strong and brave to live through it. In the long run, parents will see their children grow into independent and confident individuals.

Nudge provides every new user with a list of recommended tasks for your child! When adding tasks, you will see a category labeled “Recommended” – these tasks are curated based on your child’s age and goals.

The goal is to consistently have 10 to 15 daily tasks. And for this list to have a mix of tasks across different categories, to ensure a well-rounded development.

We do understand getting started with Nudge can be a bit daunting and to overcome this we recommend getting started small – with 3-5 tasks. Once you get in a rhythm with the Nudge system, you can start adding tasks in the coming weeks!

1-Point Tasks: These are “Easy” tasks for your child to successfully execute about 75-100% of the time. Easy tasks help your child build motivation and feel successful, competent, and a sense of accomplishment. Once these tasks are completed 100% of the time for about 1 month, they should be removed from the list and replaced by new tasks.

2-Point Tasks: These are “Intermediate” tasks that your child can successfully execute 50% of the time. These tasks are meant to slightly push their boundaries but with practice, these will become easy with time. Once these tasks are completed successfully 100% of the time for about 1 month, they become “easy” 1-point tasks.

3-Point Tasks: These are “Hard” tasks that your child can successfully execute about 25% of the time. These tasks are meant to push your child out of their comfort zone with the goal of building new skill sets and habits. Once these tasks are completed successfully 50% of the time for about 1 month, they become “intermediate” 2-point tasks.

Some tasks have an intrinsic time component to them, for instance, “put backpack by the door before dinner.” Others that do not have a specific timeframe should be done within a reasonable timeframe or within a 30-minute period.

Additionally, if your child responds appropriately such as “I am finishing up my homework, can I do X task in an hour?” then that timeframe should be respected. If they do not follow through on the agreed timeline, the task can be marked as “Unsuccessful – Unattempted.” Task lists and task statuses reset at the end of each day and unmarked tasks will automatically be counted as “Unattempted.”

Task lists do not need to be created in exact chronological order and a task does not have to be completed to proceed to the next task. However, if you prefer to have your task lists appear in chronological order, you can change the order of tasks (by each day of the week) in the Task Center.

1. We are not trying to create a system in which a child must earn everything in their lives.

2. Children should have a childhood. They should have fun activities that do not need to be earned. The Nudge Reward system works by setting proper boundaries. Children need to be clear on what is ‘given’ or ‘part of their lives.’

3. Anything beyond those defined activities need to be earned via the Nudge reward system It’s imperative that NO EXTRA REWARDS are given outside the predefined activities and Nudge rewards. This will set appropriate boundaries and teach children delayed gratification.

For example, ‘given’ activities:

• Weekly ice cream with Mom and Dad on Friday’s

• Or a set weekly limit on iPad or TV time, 3 hours per week.

For example, use Nudge Reward points for earned activities:

• Ice cream on this Tuesday

• Or an extra 2 hours of iPad time

Through the kid’s portal, your child can view today’s task list as well as yesterday’s and tomorrow’s. We’ve designed our kids’ app with the goal of making it fun and interactive. When setting up their profiles, kids design an avatar, called a Nudgee, to follow them along their Nudge journey.

Kids can see the points they have earned. As well as the available rewards they can redeem with their points. As kids continue to use Nudge and collect more points, they can also earn trophies which unlock new customization features for their Nudgee.