Steady tools for the hard parts of parenting
Ballast makes practical workbooks for the parts of parenting nobody prepared you for.
You already know screens are a problem. What you're short on is a plan for 5pm on a Tuesday.
Not think-pieces. Not philosophy. Not another book explaining that screens are bad, or that toddlers have big feelings, or that you should be more present. You already know all of that.
What you're short on is a plan for the moment the tablet has to come off and you can already hear how it's going to go.
What Ballast isn't
We're not clinicians, and we don't pretend to be. Our materials are general parenting guidance built on well-established behavioral principles — the kind of thing a good friend who'd read widely might hand you.
They aren't medical, psychological or clinical advice, and they're not a substitute for professional care. If you have concerns about your child's development, behavior or well-being, talk to your pediatrician.
More titles are coming
Ballast started with The Screen Time Reset, because screen time is the fight happening in the most houses right now. More titles are coming, aimed at the other hard parts — the ones that also arrive without instructions.