Practical help for the school week, not just Penny.
Family admin, sharing the load between two parents, and dealing with the school email that never stops arriving.
Introducing Penny: an AI parenting admin assistant on WhatsApp
Penny is live. What she is, how she works, and what she costs, in one place.
How to stop forgetting school reminders, PE kit and deadlines
A few small systems that catch the things that usually slip, and where an assistant like Penny takes over.
Sharing the mental load: a system for two parents, not just one
Why "just tell me what to do" doesn't fix the mental load, and what a genuinely shared list looks like.
School email overload: how to actually deal with the newsletters
A simple way to stop missing the one line that matters in a newsletter full of things that don't.
What is an AI parenting assistant?
A plain definition, how it differs from a calendar app, and what to actually expect from one.
Penny vs a shared family calendar
What a calendar still does best, what Penny adds on top, and whether you need both.
Is it safe to forward school emails to an AI assistant?
What "safe" should actually mean here, and how Penny handles your family's data.
How much time do parents spend on school admin?
A rough weekly breakdown of where the time goes, and what it adds up to over a school year.
How much does an AI parenting assistant cost?
What Penny costs, what's included, and how that compares to other ways of managing family admin.
Is an AI parenting assistant bad for the environment?
AI has a real resource cost. So does missing a school deadline. What to actually weigh it against.
The September school admin checklist
What to sort in the first fortnight of term so it doesn't become an October backlog.
Penny for co-parenting: one shared plan, two separate chats
How Penny keeps school admin working across two households, without either parent being the relay.
Can you just voice note Penny instead of typing?
Yes. What happens to it, what works well, and when forwarding is still the better call.
Does Penny work with ParentMail?
No direct integration, and you don't need one. Just forward the email.
Does Penny work with Arbor?
Why there's no school-approved integration, and why that's deliberate, not a gap.
Does Penny work with ClassDojo?
Depends whether you get email or app notifications. Either way, there's a route that works.
How Penny books a babysitter for you on WhatsApp
Save your babysitters in order. Penny messages them one by one until someone says yes.