TDC012 Jai Kissoon
Our Family Wizard - Online Communication Tools for Parents with guest Jai Kissoon
Jai Kissoon is the co-founder and CEO of the co-parenting website Our Family Wizard. This is a co-parenting website and mobile tool designed to help parents manage communications, schedules, documents, organize photos, and whatever else needs to be managed across two separate households. In this episode, Jai will share some of the top benefits and features of this website and tool.
We also get a behind the scenes look at how Our Family Wizard came about. Since Jai has become the CEO, Our Family Wizard has experienced significant growth. It serves families in all 50 states, all 7 Canadian provinces, and over 45 countries worldwide. This platform is the premiere set of tools for divorced or separated parents who are working to build healthy co-parenting relationships.
You can find Our Family Wizard here:
Our Family Wizard on Pinterest
Our Family Wizard on Instagram
Show Notes:
[02:00] In 2001, Jai was a senior in college, and his mom practiced family law. His mother's cousin had just experienced his first Christmas as a divorced parent, and he and his wife had a miscommunication about vacation plans.
[03:16] Jai's mom asked him if he knew of any technology solutions for this situation.
[03:30] He realized that there was a need and wanted to create a tool for divorced families who are sharing parenting responsibilities.
[03:44] He wrote the business plan for the world's first co-parenting platform when he was a senior in college. His parents and her cousin and his wife all helped with input, and the company was created.
[04:56] They worked with 40 high-conflict families to refine the process and learn about the process.
[05:26] After two years of using the site, none of the high-conflict families had to go back to court except for one family who stopped using the site.
[06:14] The goal is to help families from having to return to court for things that are easily manageable.
[07:29] Features include a calendar that offers access and documentation that you won't find in traditional calendar tools.
[08:17] You can create a parenting schedule up to eight weeks with a repeating pattern.
[08:49] You can also have multiple schedules. Both parents have access.
[09:43] Every step is documented. An when changes happen there is a notification.
[10:41] There is also a message board. It's only family communication and everything is documented even when the messages are read.
[11:50] Children get access on a limited schedule.
[12:36] There is a tool to keep track of expenses. Payments can also be made directly through the system.
[15:03] This is a desktop software and a mobile app.
[16:12] With the calendar you can't delete events, and there is a journal function and users can choose who sees the information.
[17:24] There is a tone meter that interprets the emotion of the users input. It helps people to not say things that will set off