Partner brief

Grandparent orgs & gifting media · KudoKids partner brief

Grandparents ask for one thing: a gift that carries their values.

Gift-guide traffic has fallen off a cliff; what still works is trust — the same trust a program director's resource list runs on. One recommendation that strands a tech-anxious grandparent, or steps on the parents' screen rules, costs you readers and families you can't win back.

Cosmo

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Partner brief

What it is

KudoKids is safe screen time for kids 3–12 that instills growth.

Live in early access now on the web, iOS, and Android — a growing library of games and routines that turn the screen time kids already get into time that grows them.

HeartKindness, gratitude, and naming what they feel

HeadReading, STEM, and money smarts

GritRoutines, chores, and finishing what they start

Free for every family — routines, the full library of games, and a first companion are included. Premium ($11.99/mo or $99/yr) adds the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras kids earn through their routines — never a wall in front of the learning.

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How it works

Effort in, rewards out — and parents decide what they're worth.

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Set the routine

Parents pick the tasks and responsibilities that matter this week.

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Kids earn Kudo Coins

Finishing tasks earns coins — visible progress, not nagging.

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Parents choose the reward

Coins buy rewards the parents set — including off-app screen time.

Earned, not handed over

The Kudo Coin — kids earn it, parents decide what it's worth. Everyday effort becomes rewards a parent actually approves of.

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The cast

Twenty companions, each one cheering your grandkid on.

These are the faces of KudoKids. Every companion has its own personality — and thousands of sayings that guide, encourage, and celebrate your grandkid as they grow.

Every family starts free with the Space world and Cosmo — Premium unlocks the other themed worlds, companions, backgrounds, and companion looks and extras kids earn through their routines.

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Grandparents in focus

How it lands with the grandparents you reach — or serve.

The recommendation that survives

Nothing to set up, nothing to override

The family signs up directly and the parents run everything — no passwords, menus, or updates for the grandparent, and nothing a gift changes about the parents' screen rules.

What parents can see

Parents see what they’re up to

The parent dashboard shows what kids are earning, playing, and learning — now including drawing and short exercises their companion walks them through. Ask your grandkid to show you what they drew.

Routines — a real screen from the app

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Why this matters

Three kids you already know.

They earned it

The tablet stops being handed over. She earns it — her parents set this week's routines, finishing them earns coins, and her parents decide what those coins buy, including screen time.

In 84 young adults, household tasks begun at ages 3–4 best predicted the success indicators measured in their mid-twenties. Rossmann 2002, University of Minnesota.

What gets repeated is what gets passed down

What he does every week stays with him more than what he was told. So every week his parents set what matters, he works through it, and they reset it after.

Fifty years of research links family routines to parenting competence and child adjustment; the literature is correlational. Fiese et al. (2002), Journal of Family Psychology.

Not another object

An object's interest curve ends, usually by February. This one keeps producing something to do — new tasks each week, games that pay by score, stories where her choices change the ending.

Experiential gifts strengthened giver–recipient bonds more than material gifts of similar cost; the studies were concerts and trips, not software. Chan & Mogilner (2017), Journal of Consumer Research.

Research behind the design — these researchers have not evaluated KudoKids, and we claim no results for children who use it

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Safe by design

Built to earn a parent's trust — and keep it.

No ads to kids

Children never see advertising inside KudoKids.

No strangers

No chat or contact with people your child doesn't know.

No child data sold

We never sell children's data. Ever.

No AI on kids' screens

The kid experience uses no AI — just carefully designed play.

No ads, everNo child data sold Ages 3–12

Recommended by child-development experts.

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Honest answers

The first questions editors and program directors ask.

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My readers aren't techy — won't they get stuck and blame me?

The grandparent never touches the setup. The family signs up directly at kudokids.org and the parents run it; the grandparent's part is the recommendation. Because the plan is free, a stuck reader has lost nothing.

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You want me to recommend more screen time to grandparents worried about screens?

It's safe screen time for kids 3–12 that instills growth: the app exists to get tasks, routines, and responsibilities done — and parents can set Kudo Coins to buy off-app device time. It converts the screen from a rival into a tool the family governs together.

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Is there anything to buy, install, or set up for families?

No procurement, no contracts, no student data. Families sign up directly and the core app is free to use.

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Forward this

Three sentences you can paste into your newsletter.

KudoKids is safe screen time for kids 3–12 that instills growth — kids earn Kudo Coins by finishing real tasks and routines, and their parents decide what those coins buy, including time off the app.

The free plan is genuinely free — routines, the full library of games, and the first companion — so there's nothing for a grandparent to set up and nothing to buy unless the family wants more.

It works inside whatever rules the parents already have; nothing a grandparent gives ever overrides them.

Swap in the exact wording that fits how your newsletter, gift guide, or resource list talks to the grandparents who trust it.

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Next step

Bring KudoKids to the grandparents you reach — or serve.

One 2-minute application. No cost to you, and no cost to the families you send. Community partners have no financial relationship with KudoKids — no money changes hands in either direction, and the free plan is the resource.

kudokids.org/partners

Apply now → kudokids.org/partners/join

No ads, everNo child data sold Ages 3–12

Live in early access now on web, iOS, and Android. Recommended by child-development experts.

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