When something is difficult for your child to talk about, begin with a story. Tell StorySteps what’s happening — a tricky friendship, school mornings, bedtime, or anything on your mind. Read a personalised adventure together and let your child decide where it goes.
You know when something is bothering your child, but asking ‘What’s wrong?’ gets you nowhere? A character, a surprising moment and a choice can give you something to talk about together. There is no correct choice to make — and no secret assessment of your child.
Read Rafi's story and choose what happens next.
Example context: a child is finding it difficult to make friends at a new school.
It was Rafi's first week at his new school.
The classroom felt full.
Full of friendships that already existed.
Full of jokes he didn't understand.
He let out sigh and sat at his desk.
Suddenly, the teacher clapped her hands.
"Everyone find a partner!"
The other kids immediately turned to their friends and the room moved all at once.
Across the classroom, another boy was standing alone.
For a second, their eyes met.
Then both looked away.
Rafi's stomach tightened.
What does Rafi do?
This is a scripted example of the experience. Real StorySteps stories are written by Luna, not selected from these branches.
A friendship that isn’t working. A child who shuts down after school. A new sibling, an anxious morning, or something entirely different. Just describe it in your own words.
Luna creates a fresh story for your child. You read it together; at turning points, your child chooses what the character does, and the world responds.
Laugh, wonder, ask questions, or simply enjoy the story. Afterwards, you can reflect on the experience together — without treating fictional choices as evidence about your child.
Talking about a character can feel easier than talking directly about yourself. StorySteps can help you reflect on what happened in the story and offer room for a conversation at your child’s pace. It doesn’t claim to decode your child through the choices they made.
For therapists, counsellors and educators, professional mode allows observations, open-ended direction and grounded session notes. The story remains a story, not a psychological test.
Professional session tools, observations, direction and session notes.
Get startedNo. StorySteps is a storytelling and conversation tool. It does not diagnose or replace professional support.
No. Story choices are not scored into hidden psychological categories and are not treated as evidence about the child.
No. The first part reaches a decision because StorySteps is interactive. After that, the storyteller decides whether the story continues or ends, within a product limit on interactive turns.
Yes. The storyteller receives the child’s age, the context you provide, the accepted story history and the child’s actual choices.
StorySteps separates safeguarding from storytelling. If the input may indicate abuse, exploitation or harm, ordinary story generation is paused.