For parents
Understand your child.
Find more ways to connect.
Screen-time arguments. Homework reminders. “I’m fine” when something clearly isn’t. Color Code Parenting helps you understand what motivates you and your child—and find a way forward when you’re stuck.
Two assessments. One year of personalized parenting guidance. No automatic renewal.
Ask ONE and the situation guides work as soon as you’re in; guidance built from both assessments opens once they’re complete.
Ask ONE
Illustrative example“Every morning we fight about getting ready. I’m worn out before we leave the house.”
Try this
“Let’s make a plan for tomorrow morning. What can you get ready tonight, and where do you need my help?”
Next step
Agree on who will do what before the morning rush.
Love them deeply. Still get stuck sometimes?
You’ve asked three times. Nothing has happened.
A conversation about screens turns into an argument.
You want to help, and they shut you out.
You’ve both calmed down, but neither of you knows how to start again.
When the same argument keeps coming back, it helps to understand what matters to each of you—and try a different approach.
Your child is half the picture. You’re the other half.
You may want an answer right away. Your child may need time to think. You try harder to get a response; they pull further away.
Color Code Parenting uses both assessments to help you recognize differences like these and find practical ways to work with them.
Your assessment
Understand yourself
What matters to you and how you tend to respond.
Your child's assessment
Understand your child
What matters to your child and how they tend to respond.
Personalized guidance
Guidance that considers both of you
An assessment is a starting point, not a label. It shows what tends to motivate a person, not what anyone is thinking right now.
Help for the moments that matter.
Understand each other better.
Your assessment and your child's show what matters to each of you. The guidance works from both.
Find words when you're stuck.
Get suggestions for four common situations: getting started, screens, school, and shutting you out. There's also help repairing a conversation that went badly.
Get help with today's situation.
Ask ONE is where you ask about a specific parenting situation and get suggested guidance: what might be going on, words to try, and one next step. It gets more specific as your assessments are completed.
Make agreements together.
Short agreements for screens, responsibilities, and schoolwork, written with your child's input and a date to revisit.
An example of the guidance
Parent’s question
“I’ve asked him to start his homework three times. Now we’re both annoyed.”
Your tendency
Power motive. You want it decided and moving, and repeating yourself feels like the only way to get there.
Your child’s tendency
Peace motive. They may agree out loud to end the conversation, and still not be on board with the plan.
Words to try
“Homework needs to be done before dinner. Tell me your plan by 4:30.”
One next step
Say it once, then wait until 4:30. You get a decision point; he gets room to answer without a second reminder.
Illustrative example with fictional profiles: a parent with a Power motive and a child with a Peace motive. Not every behavior comes down to personality.
How it works
- 1
Create your account
Pay once, then add your child's name and grade.
- 2
Complete your assessments
Your assessment and your child's arrive by email, usually within one business day (Monday to Friday). For a younger child, you sit alongside them while they answer.
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Start exploring your personalized guidance
Try the situation you're dealing with now, or ask ONE about it.
- Assessments for one parent and one child
- Parenting guidance personalized to you and your child
- Help with everyday parenting situations and difficult conversations
- Ask ONE and tools for making agreements together
No automatic renewal.