Repair parenting. For the after, not the perfect.

Everyone loses it. Not everyone repairs. Be the one who repairs.

You yelled. It happened. Unyell gives you the exact words to repair it — by the situation and your kid's age — and an anonymous club of parents who lost it today too. The script for what to do. The proof you're not the only one.

Unyell👶 Mia · 2yo

“You're a good parent having a hard day.”

The yelling isn't what your kid remembers. The repair is.

How Unyell works

Tap “I lost it”

Right after it happens. Pick what happened — no judgment, just pick one. Two taps, zero typing, no login wall.

You're not the only one

It's posted to the club anonymously — no names, no profiles. Watch the hugs come in from parents who were in the same hallway an hour ago.

Get the exact words

Open the Repair kit for what to say — by situation and your kid's age. Three lines, readable in 30 seconds, plus the mistakes to skip. Works offline, even at 2am.

And repair with them

Age-fit ways to reconnect, help them name it, and close the loop — made for a 2-year-old, not a lecture. Plus tools to calm yourself down first.

What happened?

No names. It goes to the club.

I yelled

I said something mean

I punished out of anger

I ignored them / walked out

I lost it in public

I've been snapping all day

You're not alone ❤️

2,847 parents lost it today too.

dad of a 4yo🔧 repaired🫂341

“He asked why I was using my angry voice. I said I wasn't. In my angry voice.”

See the club →

You can repair — here's how →

✕I yelled · 2yo

Before you go to them

Wait until your voice is steady. 30 seconds is enough.Need a minute? →

Say this

Get down to their eye level. “Hey. That was scary, huh?”

“I yelled. That wasn't okay. It wasn't your fault.”

“I love you even when I'm loud. Want a hug?”

Don't say this

Don't ask them to forgive you. Don't turn it into a lecture.

I repaired

Not yet

Repair kit👶 Mia · 2yo

For you For them

Reconnect with your 2yo

Get low, offer — don't force

Kneel to their level, soft eyes.

Open arms — let them come to you.

“Mommy got loud. That was scary. I'm sorry. I'm here.”

Do this together

Blow out the candles

Three slow breaths together.

Or one big squeeze-and-release hug.

The next blowup is coming.
This time, you'll have the words.

The repair kit

The exact words, in two taps.

Not principles. Not “stay calm”. The literal sentences to say in the 30 seconds after you lost it — picked for the situation you're standing in and rewritten for your kid's age, because what works on a 2-year-old backfires on a 7-year-old. Everything here works offline, at 2am, on airplane mode.

The script for right now

Pick what happened — the car, bedtime, in public, the wrong kid — and get three lines you can read in 30 seconds and say out loud. Age-fit wording from under-18-months to 7+, plus the classic mistakes that turn an apology into round two.

Calm down first

Six tools for the 30 seconds before you go to them — breathe, unclench, borrow a slower heartbeat, follow the light left-to-right. Each with its own haptic pattern, recognizable by feel. Works offline, works at 2am.

How to repair

The five steps of an apology that lands: own it without a “but”, name both feelings, let the grown-up do the repairing, show that love survives anger, close with a tiny ritual. Plus the classic mistakes to skip.

No streaks, no judgment

We count comebacks, not blowups — never “days without yelling”, never a red calendar. Anonymous by default, works offline, and it never once tells you you're doing it wrong.

What the club looks like inside — example cards, written by us. Real confessions never leave the app.

“I yelled because of spilled yogurt. Then we hugged. He was sticky.”

mom of a 2yo🔧 repaired🫂214

“Yelled "CALM DOWN" at the top of my lungs. Yes, I hear it.”

mom of a 2yo🫂428

“It was about a banana. I cut it wrong, apparently, and the screaming broke me. So I yelled louder. Over banana geometry.”

dad of a 2yo🔧 repaired🫂289

“He asked why I was using my angry voice. I said I wasn't. In my angry voice.”

dad of a 4yo🔧 repaired🫂341

“Hid in the bathroom and ate a granola bar in the dark so I would not scream. It worked. Barely.”

mom of a 2yo🫂502

“Yelled at bedtime, apologized at 9pm, she said "it's okay mama, you were just empty." I cried in the hallway.”

mom of a 6yo🔧 repaired🫂611

“told him santa is watching. in july. desperation has no season”

mom of a 4yo🫂195

“Car seat arch. 95 degrees. I screamed. The neighbor watered his lawn and pretended not to hear. Thanks, Dale.”

mom of a 2yo🔧 repaired🫂322

“I yelled "STOP YELLING" and my 6yo said "you first." Checkmate.”

parent of a 6yo🔧 repaired🫂526

“He cried because his sock had a "bump." Reader, I inspected that sock. There was no bump. There was, eventually, yelling. There was never a bump.”

dad of a 2yo🫂458

“Dinner: rejected. Backup dinner: rejected. Cereal: rejected because "the milk touched it." I have yelled about milk physics and I will again.”

mom of a 4yo🫂242

“He screamed for 25 minutes because the moon "followed us home wrong." I lasted 22. So close.”

dad of a 2yo🫂331

“Twins. That's it. That's the confession.”

parent of a 2yo🫂419

“4yo: "why are you yelling" me: "I'M NOT YELLING, I'M EXPLAINING LOUDLY"”

mom of a 4yo🫂517

“Big work call, muted mic, kid burst in. Unmuted to apologize. Screamed at the kid on a hot mic. To 40 people. HR has a meme now.”

dad of a 4yo🔧 repaired🫂573

“He asked if we could "start the day over" after I yelled at breakfast. So we did. Went back to bed, fake woke up, hugged good morning. 10/10 do recommend.”

dad of a 4yo🔧 repaired🫂566

“After the yell she brought me my own timeout blanket and said "you sit." So I sat.”

mom of a 4yo🔧 repaired🫂552

“bath water: everywhere. towels: soaked. me: unhinged. him: "i was making soup"”

mom of a 2yo🔧 repaired🫂449

“He told me I have "spicy ears" when I'm mad. Anyway that's my new band name. We're good now.”

dad of a 4yo🔧 repaired🫂432

“Day 4 of no sleep. Snapped at the baby for crying. The baby. For crying.”

mom of a baby🫂388

parent of a 2yo

“Twins. That's it. That's the confession.”

🫂419

mom of a 6yo🔧 repaired

“Yelled at bedtime, apologized at 9pm, she said "it's okay mama, you were just empty." I cried in the hallway.”

🫂612+1 · hug sent

The anonymous club

You're not alone in this.

Every parent in the feed yelled today, or is about to. Confess it — no names, no profiles, no photos — and watch the hugs come in from parents who were in the exact same hallway an hour ago. No comments, ever. Nobody can reply to your worst moment. They can only hug it.

It's 11pm, you're still replaying it, and your phone buzzes: someone hugged your confession. That's the whole feature. That's enough.

Parenting affirmations

For the guilt hours.

It's 2am and you're replaying the moment on loop. Open your parenting affirmations: a quiet, swipeable stream of honest validations and confessions from parents who get it. No advice. No homework. Just company.

2:14 · parenting affirmations

“You googled ‘am I a bad mom’. A bad mom wouldn't google that.”

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Questions parents ask

Before you join.

Is this therapy?

No — it's a repair kit, not a medical or therapy service. It hands you the words and the tools for ordinary hard moments. If something feels bigger than a bad moment, the app (and the footer below) point you to real human support.

Is the club really anonymous?

Yes. No names, no profiles, no photos — a post shows only your role and your kid's age band (“mom of a 2yo”). Every confession is screened by an AI moderator, and you can hug, report, or hide anything. Nobody can comment or reply — they can only hug. Your confessions stay inside the app: we never republish them in marketing, and the example cards on this page were written by us.

Do I have to use the club?

No. The two halves work on their own — plenty of people only ever open the repair kit for the scripts, and never post once. But the club is the part parents tell us they didn't know they needed: around 90% of parents yell and almost nobody says so, which is why it feels like just you at 11pm.

Does it work offline?

The repair scripts, the apology framework and the calming tools all live on your device — they work on airplane mode, in the car, at 2am. The club is the one part that needs internet.

What ages does it cover?

Under 18 months through 7 years. The exact words and the “for them” repair moves are rewritten for each age band. More than one kid? Add them all — a badge at the top of every screen switches whose age the app is speaking to.

How much does it cost?

$59.99 a year or $3.99 a week, with a 7-day free trial on the weekly plan. One plan, everything included — no free tier with locked features, no ads, no upsells inside the app. Cancel anytime.

Will it track streaks and make me feel worse?

Never. No streaks, no “days without yelling”, no red calendars, no grades. It counts the comebacks, not the blowups — the one number that goes up is how many times you came back and repaired.

Is my data private?

Accounts are anonymous — no email or password needed. Your kid's name never leaves your device. Private notes are never published. You can delete everything, permanently, from Settings. See the Privacy Policy.

iOS and Android?

Both, at launch. Join the waitlist and you'll be first in — early birds get their first month free.

Free, right now

You don't have to wait for the app.

Both halves are free on this site — the actual wording, by your child's age and by the situation you're in, plus what the data says about how many other parents are doing exactly this. Start with repair parenting, the method the whole app is built on, or the prevalence numbers if it's 11pm and you're wondering whether it's just you.

All 32 guides — every age band, the gentle-parenting gap, the prevalence data and the research →