groundwork.
the app for being a good dad to your son.
For dads raising sons

The app for dads with sons.

Weekly guidance to raise him well, and grow closer along the way — for exactly his age.

Most dads are figuring it out as they go. Groundwork gives you the next right thing, every week: something to do together, something worth knowing, sized to exactly where he is right now.

Groundwork phone preview showing age-specific tracks, a sunset illustration, and a partial weekly note.
The problem

Nobody handed you a plan for this.

Not your own father, not a book, not the group chat. So it's easy to coast - another weekend of screens and drive-thrus - and quietly wonder if you're missing something. For some dads that shows up as not knowing what a boy even needs anymore. For others, it's simpler: you just want to feel closer to him than you do right now. Either way, most dads share the same quiet question: am I actually doing this right?

The solution

Guidance that grows with him.

Groundwork gives you weekly guidance on life skills, real activities, and a deeper relationship with him - everything sized to exactly where he is right now. Carry it with you through the week - there's no deadline and no falling behind. If it doesn't come up this week, it'll come back around.

What you'll be building

Five things every boy needs from his dad

Character

Honesty, courage, how he treats people who can't help him.

Skills

Hands, tools, a knife, a flat tire, a real meal.

Body

Strength, health, and how a man carries himself.

Heart

Naming feelings, handling anger, sitting with failure.

Money & Independence

Earning, saving, and standing on his own two feet.

He won't be this age again.

There's no rewind on childhood, and no do-over on this year. It goes by faster than anyone warns you. That's not a reason to worry - it's just the reason a plan for right now matters more than one for someday.

The Founders Circle

FREE Full Year App Subscription

Be one of the first 50 in.

Groundwork launches soon. As a thank-you for being early, the first 50 dads who join the Founders Circle get a full year free and get in before it opens to everyone else.

$4.99/month Free for your first year - first 50 only
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