Join Permission Founding Families
Permission Founding Families is a research and test program for parents of kids ages 8–17 who want peace of mind through clearer visibility, better conversations, and healthier digital habits around screens, social media, and AI — without surveillance, constant conflict, or guesswork.
Built for modern families, Permission helps parents stay involved and informed while empowering kids to build responsibility and trust.
We’re inviting a small group of families to shape and test our early platform and help us build something that fundamentally changes how families navigate digital life — shifting from monitoring and enforcement to guidance, incentives, and shared understanding.
👉 Apply to join the program: Take the screening survey.
The Problem We’re Solving
Digital life is raising kids faster than parents can adapt.
Parents today face:
Endless apps, platforms, and algorithms
Conflicting advice about screen time and safety
Tools that either spy, block, or punish — creating secrecy and tension
Very little help understanding patterns, emotions, or when to step in
Most tools focus on control. Most kids respond with avoidance.
Permission was created to break that cycle. It exists to help parents lead — not chase — their child’s digital life.
What Permission Does (In Plain English)
Permission helps parents stay meaningfully connected to their child’s digital world — without having to directly read messages or invade privacy.
Instead of monitoring content, Permission provides an AI partner for parents that:
Surfaces privacy-respecting signals about time, tone, routines, and patterns
Highlights changes that matter, not noise
Helps parents know when and how to start conversations
Encourages collaboration instead of conflict
Equally important, Permission gives kids a positive reason to participate — not hide — by aligning healthy digital behavior with clear expectations and meaningful rewards.
Think of Permission as a calm, informed partner that helps you parent the digital side of childhood. Want to understand how Permission motivates kids and teaches healthy digital habits? → Learn more about how Permission works.
What Is the Permission Founding Families Program?
Permission Founding Families is an early access research program designed to validate (and shape) the parent experience before launch.
You’ll be reviewing representative examples — not your child’s real data — to help us answer critical questions like:
What are your top concerns about your child's online activity?
Is there value in having an AI partner that is dedicated to bringing you visibility over your child's digital world?
Is the experience intuitive?
Do the insights feel useful and actionable?
Does this strengthen trust rather than tension?
Does this feel supportive — not intrusive?
As a Founding Family, your input will directly influence product decisions, tone, and priorities — not just bug fixes.
What You’ll Be Asked to Do
Research and Testing period: January 6 – January 14, 2026
During this time, you’ll review:
The parent onboarding experience
A sample parent dashboard
Example weekly insights and highlights
Samples of educational content
How our rewards system works between parents and children
Provide feedback via an in-depth survey
You will not connect real child data during this test. All examples are representative and privacy-safe.
You can complete everything at your own pace.
Rewards for Participating
We value your time and insight.
Complete the test + feedback survey → $25 gift card
Provide high-quality written feedback → Additional $25 gift card
Optional 15-minute interview (by invitation) → Additional $25 gift card
Founding Families ASK Grant
As a thank-you for helping us shape Permission from the beginning, Founding Families who complete the program will receive 5,000 ASK when the app goes live.
This ASK will seed your family’s rewards account and can be used to:
Founding Families will be among the first parents to use ASK in a real family setting.
Who Should Apply
You’re a great fit if you:
Are a parent of a child ages 8–17
Feel overwhelmed by digital parenting decisions
Want tools that support conversation — not control
Care about privacy, trust, and long-term digital habits
Want to help define a healthier, more effective, more human approach to parenting in the AI era.
👉 Apply here to become a Permission Founding Family: Take the screening survey.
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