Ancient wisdom for growing minds
Small stories
for big feelings.
Calm bedtime tales, drawn from the real Stoic philosophers. They help a child face the hard feelings of a day with a steadier heart.
Made by a dad in Melbourne, for his own kids.
How most nights go
A small ritual at the end of the day.
Tonight's story
A short tale for whatever today held. You pick it by how they're feeling, not by the calendar. Most run about five minutes.
The quiet audio
Softly narrated, with no ads and nothing to tap. You can put the phone down, screen off, and the story keeps playing.
The phrase they keep
Each story ends on one calming line. It's saved in Pocket, ready for the moment tomorrow when they need it.
The lessons, applied
A phrase for the moment it's actually needed.
Big feelings rarely wait for bedtime. Pocket keeps one calming line from each story, filed by feeling, so the words are already there when the hard moment arrives.
When they tried hard and it didn't go their way…
Not invented wisdom
Every story grows from a real page of ancient philosophy.
Seneca wrote about anger. Epictetus wrote about the things we can't control. We take those genuine ideas, put them into words a child can follow, and always name the passage each one came from.
Meet the thinkers
Real ideas, from real philosophers.
Every story grows from a genuine idea, thought by a real person, some long ago and some not so long ago at all. Meet a few of the minds behind the calm.
Marcus Aurelius
A Roman emperor who wrote a private journal to keep himself steady. His Meditations is Stoicism lived, not just taught.
Epictetus
Born a slave, he taught that real freedom is inside, knowing what is yours to control and what is not.
Seneca
A Roman writer whose letters read like advice from a wise friend, on worry, anger, and knowing when you have enough.
From the journal
Calm, practical help with big feelings.
Short, honest guides for the hard moments, each grounded in a real Stoic idea.
How to help your child with big feelings
A calm, practical guide to helping a child through disappointment, anger, and worry, without needing to fix everything at once.
Stoicism for kids, without the jargon
What Stoic philosophy actually offers children, explained simply, and why a two-thousand-year-old idea helps with modern tantrums and worries.
What to say when your child is disappointed
Simple words that help a disappointed child, and how to teach them that trying hard still counts even when the result doesn't go their way.
Family-safe
Private, because it's made for children.
Stoic Sprout runs no ads and no trackers, and we never sell anyone's data. And if there's a quiet moment to reflect after a story, a little voice note or a line in a journal, it stays on your device and never reaches our servers.
Simple, honest pricing
Start free. Then A$99 a year for the whole family.
- The whole growing library of stories
- Pocket, for a calming phrase any time
- New stories added regularly
- For every child in the family
Be first to know when subscriptions open
We're putting the finishing touches on the family subscription. Leave your email and we'll send one note the moment it's ready.
Tonight, a calmer bedtime.
One short story, softly told, ending on an idea worth keeping. Start with a free one this evening.