Our Approach
Why Parent Protocol exists
It started on the way to the grocery store.
I was running an ordinary errand with my husband when the thought showed up uninvited:
what would happen with our kids if we didn't make it back from this?
We'd moved 3,000 miles from our families. Neither side was our first choice to step in - complicated dynamics, difficult relationships, the kind of family situation a lot of people have and almost nobody talks about. We had people. The right people. Chosen people. But nothing written down. No plan. Just the assumption that it would somehow get figured out.
And then I thought: we're probably not unique in this.
Not in the complicated family. Not in wanting chosen people over default people. Not in having everything our kids need living entirely in our own heads with no way to hand it off.
That's where Parent Protocol came from. Not from a worst-case scenario. From a Tuesday errand and a thought I couldn't unfeel.
What was missing
There were legal documents for the edge cases. There were babysitter notes for the everyday. But nothing in between - nothing that captured the full picture of how a family actually works, in a format people could use and share.
Not a binder. Not a form. Something that felt human and could be finished and updated.
That's the gap Parent Protocol was built to fill.
What we believe
Preparedness isn't morbid. It's one of the most present-tense things a parent can do.
When your crew has the full picture - the routines, the preferences, the values, the "please don't forget this" details - they can show up for your kids the way you would. Care stays familiar. Kids stay regulated. You get to be away without carrying everything with you.
That's not planning for the worst. That's just taking care of the people you love.
Who this is built for
Every family is different. Parent Protocol was designed to work for all of them.
Traditional families. Blended households. Co-parents. Chosen family. Complicated dynamics. The parents who know exactly who they'd call and the ones who are still figuring it out.
If you carry the mental load - this is for you.
How it works
Parent Protocol is a Notion-based digital workbook. You duplicate it, make it yours, and share it with the people who need it.
It's a living document - not a one-time exercise. It grows with your family, updates as things change, and lives on your phone so it's always current.
It's not a legal document. It doesn't replace a will or estate plan. It lives in the space between the babysitter note and the lawyer's office - the human layer that makes everything else work.