For real parents, on real days

One card a day. Small moments that add up.

Each morning, Drawclose gives you one short practice: something to notice, something to say, one realistic thing to try. In the evening, a minute to look back. That’s it.

Progress, not perfection.

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Why we made it

There’s so much parenting advice. Hardly any of it fits into a Tuesday.

Books, podcasts and feeds all want you to change everything at once. Then the week happens, and none of it sticks.

Drawclose does the opposite. One idea a day, small enough to try between school run and bedtime, with the reason it works written in plain words.

Not one big change.
Hundreds of small moments.

How it works

Three minutes,
spread across your day.

Morning

Draw your card

Open the sleeve, turn it over. A principle, a line to hold onto, one thing to try.

During the day

Try one thing

Something realistic, with words to try saying and what to do if it doesn’t land.

Evening

Look back

Did you try it? How did it go? A line in your journal, and a new piece lands on your tower.

Inside a card

Quick to read.
Deep when you want it.

The front takes ten seconds. The back says why.
Dig deeper when you have a quiet minute.

Repair
The Two-Line Sorry
Name it, then mend it.
After a hard moment, say what you did and what you’ll try next time. No “but”.
Front
Why
A short, clear apology repairs trust, and it teaches your child how to make things right.
What I did. What I’ll try.
Leave out the “but”.
Short is stronger.
Back
Dig deeper
Every relationship has ruptures; what matters most is the repair…
Try saying
“I shouted, and that wasn’t fair. Next time I’ll stop and breathe first.”
The research
Tronick (1989), American Psychologist
Dig deeper
Backed by research

Why small and daily works.

Every card lists the research behind it, in plain words, with its sources. Tap a card to turn it over.

Read the research
Lally et al. (2010), European Journal of Social Psychology
Tronick (1989), American Psychologist
Cepeda et al. (2006), Psychological Bulletin
Seligman et al. (2005), American Psychologist
Progress, not perfection

Your month,
one piece at a time.

Your tower is your progress over the month. Each day you draw a card and look back, a piece lands on it in that card’s colour, so by the end of the month you can see everything you’ve practised. There’s no streak to break: a missed day just waits for the next piece.

Some days go well. Some don’t. Both count.

Feel Connect Guide Grow Mend
Five families of cards: feelings, connection, boundaries and routines, encouragement, and repair.
User testing

Help us shape it.

We’re looking for parents to use Drawclose for a month before it launches and tell us honestly what works. It’s free, and you can stop any time.

A test build for iPhone or Android
A short check-in at the end of the month
Your notes stay on your phone
Your phone
We’ll only email you about testing. Tell us a bit more to help us pick a mix of families.