Family Huddles

Three short conversation questions, every weekday. One to spark imagination, one to build problem-solving, one to grow kindness. No screens, no scrolling, no "how was school?" silence — just something real to talk about at the table.

• Fits your kidsPick one or more age groups — 3–5, 5–8, 8–12, 12–16 — and the questions come tuned to them.
• A dinner nudgeA friendly reminder at dinner time so you never forget to huddle.
• Keep the good onesSave favorites and keep a running list of what you've already talked about.
• Works offlineNo signal needed — the dinner table, the car, or a campsite.
• Nearly 900 questionsHand-written. About a year of fresh weekday conversations.
• Same day, same questionsEvery family sees the same three, so you can compare notes with cousins and grandparents.

The questions aren't mine. They were written by Virginia McDonald, M.Ed. — who spent thirty-five years teaching gifted and talented students and ran her own preschool and enrichment center. They're the same prompts she used with children for decades.

She published them as a book first, back in 2017. My part was building the app around them nine years later, so they'd reach more tables than one classroom at a time.

Family Huddles collects nothing. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no data leaving the phone — ever. Apple's own privacy label on the listing reads "Data Not Collected," which is exactly the point. It's a calm space made for one family at a time.