Better Together
Father and daughter laughing together on a dock at sunset

Jim Ingenhut

Dad of two, Laid Back Daddy

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30 days that bring you and your child closer

Not another parenting course full of theory. One simple activity a day that turns rushed evenings into the moments your child will remember. You stop being the parent who is always busy and become the one they cannot wait to tell things to.

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Done by 2.400+ satisfied parents

"By week two my son started asking which day we were on."

  • 10 to 30 minutes a day
  • Ages 3 to 12
  • Online and printable
  • Result in 30 days

You are not a bad parent. You are just tired.

The day disappears into work, school runs, dinner, laundry and screens. You promise yourself tonight will be different, and then it is bedtime again. That small ache in your chest is not weakness. It is love with nowhere to land.

You lie awake wondering if the years are slipping by while you are busy being responsible.

You ask how was school and get fine, and you do not know how to get past that door.

You scroll ideas at midnight, save twenty of them, and never actually do one.

You feel like you are competing with a tablet for your own child's attention.

You worry that one day they will stop asking you to play, and you will have missed it.

You are done with parenting advice that makes you feel guiltier than before.

Mother and son laughing inside a blanket fort

Imagine a month from now

It is an ordinary Tuesday. You close the laptop, and your child already knows what comes next. There is a small ritual between you now, something that belongs to the two of you. They tell you about the thing that happened at lunch, unprompted. You are not the parent who is always about to be free. You are the one who shows up.

  • Evenings that feel warm instead of rushed
  • A child who opens up because they trust the moment
  • Guilt replaced with quiet confidence in how you parent
  • A drawer full of memory pages you will reread for years
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Everything inside Better Together

A 41 page guide made to be used, not admired. Print it, scribble on it, spill juice on it.

The Better Together workbook and conversation cards laid out on linen

30 daily connection activities

One simple idea per day, from a blanket fort afternoon to a ten minute kitchen dance party. Nothing to buy, nothing to prepare.

4 sets of conversation cards

Print, cut and keep them on the dinner table. The questions your child actually wants to answer, way beyond how was school.

Memory pages for every day

Space to draw, write or tape a photo, so the month turns into a keepsake you will still open in ten years.

Quality time tracker and planner

A weekly planning page and a 30 day tracker that make showing up feel light instead of like one more thing on your list.

Works for ages 3 to 12

Younger children can talk or draw their answers. Older kids get deeper questions and more freedom to lead.

Instant download, print at home

A beautifully designed PDF you can print page by page or use straight from your tablet. Yours to keep forever.

How it works

Four steps. No apps to install, no schedule to keep up with.

01

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02

Pick your moment

Morning, after school or right before bed. You choose what fits your family this week.

03

Open the day and be present

Phone away, one activity, ten to thirty minutes. That is the whole ask.

04

Watch the bond grow

Check off the tracker and feel the difference in how your child talks to you by week two.

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Jim, the creator of Better Together, at home

About the maker

I built this because I was the busy dad

For years I told myself the same story. Big weekend planned, so the weekdays did not matter. Then my daughter drew our family and put me at the edge of the paper, on my laptop. She was six. She was not being mean. She was being accurate.

I did not need a parenting philosophy. I needed something on the table telling me what to do tonight, in ten minutes, without a trip to the store. So I started writing one activity a day for us. Thirty days later our whole rhythm had changed.

Better Together is that experiment, cleaned up and designed properly, now used by thousands of families. I am not a psychologist. I am a dad who found something that works and could not keep it to himself.

"Your child does not need a perfect parent. They need a present one, for a few minutes at a time."

What other parents noticed

I always felt guilty about being on my laptop at night. Now my daughter asks at dinner which day we are on. Those ten minutes changed the whole mood in our house.
MariekeUtrecht
My son is nine and had started giving me one word answers. The conversation cards broke that open. He told me things I had no idea about.
PeterManchester
What I love most is that it does not ask for perfection. We skipped four days and nothing fell apart. We just picked it back up on Saturday.
AmaraRotterdam
I printed the tracker and put it on the fridge. My twins fight over who gets to check the box. Honestly the cheapest joy I have bought all year.
LinAmsterdam
I see my kids every other week and I used to overplan those days. This gave me small, real moments instead of expensive outings.
DanielDublin
The memory pages get me every time. Looking back at day one and reading what she wrote made me cry a little. Worth it just for that.
SofieAntwerp

Anything you are still wondering

Launch price

Less than one takeaway dinner

Thirty evenings of connection, kept forever, reusable with every child in your family. That is the whole trade.

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One day they stop asking you to play

You cannot slow down the years, but you can fill the next thirty days with moments they will carry into adulthood. It starts tonight, with ten minutes and a page.

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