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I feel like this is a solution for something that a very specific demographic would actually use. How many parents are involved enough to download an app/pay to

I feel like this is a solution for something that a very specific demographic would actually use. How many parents are involved enough to download an app/pay to solve problems with their kids? Is the advise that much better than what can be found on google? I believe this limits your use case and the products viability. - Also, this product would only be needed/used for a specific amount of time in a kids life ( think a 1 year term limit for actually getting paid from your customer during the terrible 2's)

awillen 7y ago
This is kind of a baffling response to me... how many parents are involved enough to download an app or pay for problems with their kids? Really? People download apps for everything, but you think they'd be too lazy to do it for their children? And spending money - you think parents wouldn't pay to help their kids behave better or to solve problems? They already do this - they pay for all kinds of toys/books/devices to keep their kids occupied and out of trouble, they pay for pediatrician visits, they pay for babysitting, and the list goes on. As for how much better the advice is than what's on Google... getting specific advice on your specific child from someone who is professionally trained and with whom your have a relationship is obviously going to be infinitely better with Google. I can't even understand why that question would be asked. Love the idea, and I think it's really valuable.
- SpecieCo 7y ago
  Most parents downloading an app to help solve an issue with their children are parents from a specific demographic, educated, with gainful employment - this limits the demographic that will use this product.
  - tomsayer 7y ago
    We don't really think of ourselves as an app (although we use an app to facilitate the service right now.) It's direct, personal support that provides the value; the app is the access mechanism. We have plans to offer different access mechanisms in future to make this accessible to more people. Our hope (and belief) is that all types of parents will appreciate having access to someone with expertise - how they access them can differ. (That felt like a very odd way of responding but I hope it makes sense!)

awillen 7y ago

This is kind of a baffling response to me... how many parents are involved enough to download an app or pay for problems with their kids? Really? People download apps for everything, but you think they'd be too lazy to do it for their children? And spending money - you think parents wouldn't pay to help their kids behave better or to solve problems? They already do this - they pay for all kinds of toys/books/devices to keep their kids occupied and out of trouble, they pay for pediatrician visits, they pay for babysitting, and the list goes on. As for how much better the advice is than what's on Google... getting specific advice on your specific child from someone who is professionally trained and with whom your have a relationship is obviously going to be infinitely better with Google. I can't even understand why that question would be asked. Love the idea, and I think it's really valuable.

SpecieCo 7y ago
Most parents downloading an app to help solve an issue with their children are parents from a specific demographic, educated, with gainful employment - this limits the demographic that will use this product.
- tomsayer 7y ago
  We don't really think of ourselves as an app (although we use an app to facilitate the service right now.) It's direct, personal support that provides the value; the app is the access mechanism. We have plans to offer different access mechanisms in future to make this accessible to more people. Our hope (and belief) is that all types of parents will appreciate having access to someone with expertise - how they access them can differ. (That felt like a very odd way of responding but I hope it makes sense!)