Partner brief

Pediatric & family-medicine providers · KudoKids partner brief

The screen-time question deserves more than one word.

Screens top parents' worry list and come up at nearly every well visit — and the schedule leaves you about ninety seconds for it. "Less" is not advice, and parents know it.

Cosmo

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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 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 kids on.

These are the faces of KudoKids. Every companion has its own personality — and thousands of sayings that guide, encourage, and celebrate a child 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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Pediatric providers in focus

How it lands in the 15-minute visit.

In the visit

Hand families a plan, not a limit

Kids 3–12 earn their screen time through real tasks and routines — a concrete shape for the quality-and-context advice you already give, hand-able as a waiting-room card or QR code, not a workflow change.

What parents can see

See what they're up to

The parent dashboard shows what kids are earning, playing, and learning — now including drawing and short companion-guided exercises like belly breathing and stretches. Everyday skill practice, not therapy, and no health data is collected.

Routines — a real screen from the app

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Why this matters

Three kids you already know.

Earned, not confiscated

The child stops negotiating for the tablet and starts finishing things to get to it — and the part that sticks is the finishing, not the screen.

White et al. 2019, J Dev Behav Pediatr: in 9,971 U.S. children ages 5–9, rarely doing household chores was associated with lower self-competency. Associational.

Screen time that adds something

The hours aren't going away, so the question worth asking is what the child comes out of them with — a word built, a story steered to an ending she chose.

Madigan et al. 2020, JAMA Pediatrics: across 42 studies, more screen time was associated with weaker child language; educational content and caregiver co-viewing with stronger. Associational.

A kid who has words for it

A child who can say “today was bad” instead of slamming a door. The daily check-in is never scored and never graded — the companion just answers warmly.

Izard et al. 2001, Psychological Science: in an at-risk sample, labeling emotions at age 5 predicted social behavior and academic competence at 9. Predictive, associational.

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 three questions providers ask.

Q

Doesn't recommending a product risk my license and my name?

There is no financial relationship of any kind — no fees, no referral income, no remuneration. The clinical partner track is a Letter of Understanding, not a commercial contract: it includes an Anti-Kickback Statute acknowledgment and a commitment to present KudoKids as one of several options — never an exclusive endorsement. Mention it the way you'd mention a book, not a brand.

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You're answering too much screen time with another app?

KudoKids points kids back toward the real world: Kudo Coins are earned off-screen, through real tasks and routines — and off-app screen time is a reward parents configure, not the default. It gives a concrete shape to the conversation you're already having about what screens displace.

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Is there anything to buy, install, or set up at my practice?

No. Nothing is installed or integrated at the practice, and no patient information is involved — no procurement, no contracts. Families sign up directly and the core app is free to use.

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Forward this

Three sentences you can say in the visit.

Families often ask me what kids should do on screens, not just how much — KudoKids is one option: kids 3 to 12 earn their screen time through real tasks and routines, and parents can see what they're up to.

I have no financial relationship with KudoKids — it's simply one option for making screen time purposeful.

The core app is free for every family — start at kudokids.org.

Swap in the exact wording that fits how your practice talks to families — in the visit, on a waiting-room handout, or in a portal message.

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Next step

Bring KudoKids to the families you see.

One 2-minute application sets up the Letter of Understanding. No cost to you, and no cost to the families you see.

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. Prefer to start with a question? Write support@kudokids.org.

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