Last updated: June 1, 2026 · Read it once, then go raise your kids.
The Digital Childhood, LLC ("TDC", "we", "us"), founded by Chelsea Redeker, operates a calm parenting app at thedigitalchildhood.com that offers scripts, context articles, family pacts, and tools for parents raising kids in a digital world. By using TDC, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please don't use the app.
You must be at least 18 years old. TDC is for parents, caregivers, and adults responsible for kids. We do not provide accounts to anyone under 18.
You sign in with Google or email. You are responsible for keeping your sign-in safe. If something looks off (someone else accessed your account, for example), email us at hello@thedigitalchildhood.com and we'll help.
Scripts, context articles, a Family Digital Pact builder, a Friend Group Digital Pact, a School Toolkit, an Activity Generator, a Tech Translator, Ask TDC (calm answers grounded in TDC content), audio playback, and other tools we may add. All of it is parenting guidance, not professional advice.
TDC is not a substitute for a licensed therapist, doctor, attorney, or any other professional. If your child is in crisis, in danger, or needs medical or mental-health care, contact a qualified professional or emergency services right away. TDC content is calm, considered, and grounded, but it is not professional advice and we cannot diagnose or treat anything.
The Ask TDC feature uses generative AI (currently Anthropic's Claude API) to surface answers grounded in TDC content. AI can produce responses that are wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Always use your own judgment, and never rely on an Ask TDC response for medical, mental-health, legal, or safety decisions. If a response feels off, trust your gut and ignore it.
Use it for your family. Share it with friends. Print pact images and put them on your fridge. Quote a sentence in a PTA presentation if it helps. What you cannot do: scrape the app at scale, reverse-engineer it, copy our content wholesale to compete with us, sell our content as your own, or use the app to harm anyone.
One paid TDC account covers the people living in your household, defined as people who share your primary home address. We expect a household to be at most two parents or guardians plus the kids and dependents who live there. Each adult in the household can create their own login under the family plan, and all of you share access to the same TDC features. We may ask for proof of shared address (any postal mail with your name and address) if it looks like an account is being shared outside one household. We will not require this proof routinely, and we will never charge per kid.
Annual plans: full refund within the first 14 days, no questions. Monthly plans: cancel any time, no refund for the current month. If something genuinely went wrong on our end, email us and we'll make it right.
Notes you write, pacts you create, wins you save, all of that is yours. You own it. We store it so the app works. If you delete your account, we delete it.
Scripts, articles, infographics, illustrations, and the TDC brand belong to The Digital Childhood. You can use it inside your family freely. You can't copy it wholesale to run a competing product. Quote with attribution is fine.
If we make a material change to these terms, we will email you and post a banner in the app at least 7 days before the change takes effect.
Email hello@thedigitalchildhood.com. We respond within 3 business days. If we ever have a real dispute, we'd both rather solve it in conversation than in court.
If you believe content on TDC infringes your copyright, send a DMCA notice to hello@thedigitalchildhood.com with the following: your contact info, identification of the copyrighted work, identification of the infringing material on TDC (URL or screenshot), a statement under penalty of perjury that the use is not authorized, and your physical or electronic signature. We will respond within 10 business days. If you believe content of yours was removed in error, send a counter-notice with the same information.
We can suspend or end an account if a user violates these terms in a way that harms TDC or other users. Examples: scraping the app, abusive contact with our team, repeated chargebacks, using TDC to harass another family. We will email the user, explain why, and where the user is paying we will refund any unused prepaid time on a pro-rata basis.
TDC is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE." To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee the app will be error-free, uninterrupted, or that any content will be accurate or current.
Limitation of liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising from or related to your use of TDC will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you have paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose, or (b) fifty US dollars (US$50). We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost data, lost profits, or damages for emotional distress. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations; in those places our liability is limited to the maximum extent allowed by law.
Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TDC, its operators, contractors, and agents from any claims arising out of your misuse of the app, your violation of these terms, or your violation of any third party's rights.
Force majeure. We are not responsible for failures or delays caused by events outside our reasonable control, including infrastructure outages at our hosting providers, internet outages, natural disasters, governmental action, or any other circumstance that makes performance commercially impracticable.
Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of the state in which The Digital Childhood is organized, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in that state, and you and we consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
This is a small, parent-built business. If anything here is unclear, email us. We'd rather explain it than hide behind it.