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For families who lean on grandparents

Grandma says “I’ll do it,” and you know it’s handled.

She sees just what she can help with, takes the pickups she can do, and gets a reminder before she leaves.

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Grandparents are often the backbone of the school run, and the group chat is often where their Wednesdays get lost. Fourteen messages in, nobody’s sure whether she said yes.

What most grandparents want is simple: tell me which ones are mine, remind me before I go, and don’t make me learn a new app every month.

  • Her own role

    Invite her by email as a grandparent. She gets her own account, free under your plan.

  • Easy to take one on

    She opens the pickup she can do and taps I’ll do it. You get a notification that it’s covered.

  • A reminder before she leaves

    At the time you picked when you set it up, 15 minutes to an hour before.

  • Nothing to chase

    No thread to scroll. You get a notification when she takes one, and a heads-up if nobody has.

How to invite a helper who hates apps

Some grandparents will be fine on their own. For the rest, twenty minutes at the kitchen table does it.

  1. Do it together, in person, on their phone.
  2. Send the invite to the email they actually check, then open it with them.
  3. When the app asks to send notifications, tap Allow. That’s the whole point.
  4. Take on their first pickup together, so they’ve done it once.
  5. If the text is small, make it bigger: Settings, then Display & Brightness, then Text Size.
  6. Tell them the one rule: when your phone buzzes with Kid Pickup, it’s about the kids.
  7. Keep their regular days on paper on the fridge too. Belt and braces.
How it works

Posted. Claimed. Done.

Three steps, and a name on every pickup.

  1. This week
    Swim pickupThu 4:30 PM · Riverside Pool
    OPEN
    🦖
    School drop-offFri 8:15 AM · Maple Elementary
    Claimed
    🦄
    A mum looking at her phone as she posts a pickup

    Posted

    Add the pickup: which kid, when, where. Everyone in your circle gets a notification and sees it on the calendar, marked open.

  2. 2:14
    nowCoveredGrandma Joan is doing the pickup for Leo on Thu, Oct 2 at 4:30 PM.
    1h agoNew pickupDad added a pickup for Leo on Thu, Oct 2 at 4:30 PM.
    Grandma giving a thumbs up at her phone

    Claimed

    Grandma opens it and taps I’ll do it. You and the other parents get a notification that she’s got it.

  3. 4:00
    nowPickup in 30 minutesLeo at 4:30 PM, Riverside Pool.
    ThuNeeds someoneNobody has the drop-off for Mia on Fri, Oct 3 at 8:15 AM yet.
    Grandma and her granddaughter walking home hand in hand

    Reminded and done

    Grandma gets a reminder before she leaves. And if nobody had claimed it, you’d have heard the day before, three hours out and two hours out.

FAQ

Questions parents ask

Does Grandma have to pay?

No. One subscription covers everyone in your family circle.

What does she see?

The pickups that still need someone and the ones she’s taken, the kids on those, and your emergency contacts. Not the rest of your week. She can take on pickups but can’t change the schedule; that’s for parents and guardians.

What if she doesn’t have an iPhone?

Kid Pickup is on iPhone for now. Android is on the way.

One price for your whole circle. See plans and pricing

Also for: Two-parent households · Separated and blended families · Daycare families · Families whose school uses a dismissal app