Sound Familiar?
Feeling Stuck?
Your child has a meltdown, can't sleep, or freezes up with anxiety—and you have no idea what to say. You're not a therapist. You just feel stuck, alone, wondering if you're making it worse.
The Connection Is Fading
Screens everywhere. Attention spans shrinking. The quiet moments between you and your child are getting harder to find. Work, schedules, notifications—everything pulls you in a different direction.
We know. We've been there.
“My daughter was 5 when the nightmares started. Same thing every night. I tried everything—night lights, monster spray, camping out on her floor. None of it worked.
One night, totally out of ideas, I made up a story about a brave girl who befriended the shadows. Something shifted. She asked for that story every single night for a month. The nightmares stopped.
That's when it hit me: kids don't need lectures about being brave. They need to live it through a story.”
Jay Leon
Founder & Father of Two
Why a Tech Executive Built a Children's App
I spent 20+ years as VP of Engineering and CTO at Fortune 500 companies—protecting data for BMW, The New York Times, and tracking real-world threats at Flashpoint. But the most important thing I could build turned out to be something for my own kids. The same care I put into protecting enterprise systems now goes into protecting your family's stories.
How It Works
Some of the best moments happen in just 5 minutes—when you and your child sit together with a story that speaks directly to what they're going through.
You Lead the Way
You guide the conversation. The story gives you the words.
Real Connection
5 minutes together that stick with them for years.
Stories That Do Something
Proven techniques from child psychology, built into stories kids actually want to hear.
Explore how we help children with anxiety, sleep challenges, anger, and more.
Our Mission
Give every parent real tools to help their child work through life's hard parts—one story at a time.
Our Vision
Every child already has a hero inside them. We want every parent to know how to help them find it.
Our Future
We're building support for more challenges, more ages, and more ways for families to grow together.
Your Child's Safety Comes First
We built HeroMe for our own kids first. Every safety measure exists because we asked ourselves one question: “Would we trust this with our children?”
AI Safety Systems
- Every story goes through multiple content filters before your child sees it
- We actively test for edge cases and fix them fast
- All generated content is monitored in real time
- Inappropriate themes are blocked automatically
- Dedicated safety team reviews flagged content
Human Input Protection
- Profanity and inappropriate name filtering
- Crisis detection with links to professional resources
- Content matched to your child's age and developmental stage
- Only parents can create accounts (COPPA compliant)
- We never sell your data. Period.
The Best Years to Build This Foundation
Between ages 4 and 12, children are wired to learn emotional skills. The coping tools they pick up now become the foundation they'll carry into adulthood. Every bedtime is a chance to build that foundation—and bedtime is one of the best places to start.
Work with children professionally?
HeroMe fits into the work you're already doing — whether that's in a classroom or a therapy office.
“My son has ADHD and struggles with big emotions. HeroMe gave him a vocabulary to express his feelings. He asks for his story every single night now. For the first time, bedtime isn't a battle—it's our favorite time together.”
Michael T.
Father of 8-year-old
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about HeroMe.
Tonight Could Be the Night Things Change
In about 5 minutes, we'll create a story built around your child and what they're going through. No commitment. Just a bedtime story that actually helps.
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