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ParentingSOS

Is your child struggling with big emotions? You don't have to guess what to do next.

Shouting. Crying. Anger. Impulse. Withdrawal. And afterwards, one question: "what actually just happened?". Parenting SOS is a separate system for working with a child's emotions - one that helps a parent move from chaos to understanding, preparation and everyday practice.

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This is not about reaching for your phone in the middle of a crisis. First you are with your child. Then you look at what happened and prepare the next steps.

Left: an exhausted mother and a screaming boy on the floor. Right: the same two in a long hug - from chaos to calm

3P = Perspective + Preparation + Practice

Sound familiar?

"I feel like I'm losing control of my own child."

A parent usually sees the behaviour. Open Tales helps you see what may be underneath it: emotions, tension, overload, and no ready way to respond.

"He explodes over everything"Shouting, hitting, throwing things, a violent reaction to being told no.

"I can't calm him down"The more I explain, the worse it gets. I don't know whether to talk, to hold him, or to leave him alone.

"My child reacts differently"Withdraws, freezes, won't speak, or is deeply thrown by things other children find easy.

"And I lose my patience too"I want to help, but in the hard moment I don't know how to react myself.

SYSTEM 3P

Three steps. One goal: a child who understands their own emotions better and better.

Parenting SOS is not a single feature in an app. It is a system where fast help for the parent connects with preparing the child and reinforcing new responses every day.

P for Perspective

Perspective

Dorota, the parenting assistant, gives you guidance after something difficult has happened. You describe the situation once the crisis is over, Dorota asks about the context and helps you prepare a better response for next time.

This is the "afterwards"What might have set the emotions off? What could you say next time? What not to add to the tension?

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P for Preparation

Preparation

Audio stories, audio dramas and tales make emotions familiar before the next hard moment arrives. The child meets the tools earlier, while their nervous system is calm.

This is the "before"The child listens to a story, learns to recognise the signals in their body and meets a simple method they can come back to.

See the stories and audio

P for Practice

Practice

The course for parents turns knowledge into everyday rituals and tools. Through repetition the child no longer has to invent what to do in the middle of an emotion. They already know the pattern.

This is the "every day"You rehearse in advance, you come back to the same language, and you build new responses step by step.

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From chaos to skill

This is exactly what SYSTEM 3P is for.

We don't promise your child will never blow up again. The goal is that they recognise what is happening to them faster and faster, and have a familiar method to come back to.

1. The hard moment

Emotions take over. The child shouts, cries, throws things, withdraws, or simply "doesn't hear". The parent is overloaded too.

2. Perspective

Afterwards, the parent describes to Dorota what happened and gets guidance for next time.

3. Preparation

The child meets the story and the tool in a calm moment. They learn to name the emotion and the signals in their body.

4. Skill

In the next situation, parent and child share a language. "The magic brake" is no longer a strange phrase but a familiar pattern.

1 • PERSPECTIVE

Dorota AI helps you understand the situation after the fact.

This is not a tool for handling a crisis "live". Once the emotions settle, you can calmly describe what happened. Dorota will ask about the context that matters and suggest possible ways to respond next time.

Your child first. Then your phone. If the situation is happening right now, contact with your child and their safety come first. Dorota is there to help you look back at what happened and prepare the next step.

An example conversation with Dorota

In the shop my son started screaming, lay down on the floor and refused to leave. I had said no to a toy.

Dorota: What happened shortly before that? Had he just come from nursery, was he hungry or tired, or had something else happened that could have raised the tension?

He was very tired and had slept badly since the morning.

Dorota: That's an important clue. I can help you prepare a simple plan for a situation like this: what to say before you go into the shop, how to limit the stimulation, and how to come back to the conversation once the emotions have passed.

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2 + 3 • PREPARATION AND PRACTICE

"Katie, magic brake."

That phrase only works once the child has met it earlier in a story, understands what is happening in their body, and knows what step comes next.

The magic brake
Spot the signal → stop → use a method you know → come back into contact.

Not just reacting. Learning.

A new behaviour has to be met, rehearsed and repeated.

That is why in Open Tales a parent has access to therapeutic audio stories for children, audio content that supports parents, and courses that help turn knowledge into everyday situations.

Audio storiesStories through which a child meets emotions and ways of responding, without a lecture and without moralising.

Audio for parentsContent for the parent that helps you better understand your child's behaviour and your own reaction.

CourseKnowledge turned into rituals, tools and exercises you can put into practice at home.

RepetitionThe same language comes back in situation after situation, so the new response becomes more and more available.

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Illustration from the Forest Heroes series: an adult squirrel leading a small squirrel by the hand along a forest path

Health • Forest Heroes

Parenting SOS is also about the emotions around health.

A trip to the dentist, a blood test or another examination can create tension precisely because the child does not know what is coming. The Forest Heroes series, created by Open Tales together with the K.I.D.S. Foundation, helps make those experiences familiar beforehand.

🦷 A trip to the dentist
🩸 Blood tests
🏥 Other medical situations

The educational materials are free. A parent or an institution can use them to prepare a child calmly, step by step.

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This is not about being a perfect parent. It is about having the tools when you need them.

Get Open Tales and choose your path: a quick conversation with Dorota, preparation through audio stories and audio dramas, or long-term practice with a course. And when the topic is health, reach for the free Forest Heroes.

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