A mother sits on the hallway floor watching her upset child across the room.

    Fewer meltdowns. More good days.

    LightMap finds what keeps setting them off and tells you what to try instead. Free to start, no card.

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    If you’ve ever found yourself thinking...

    “How am I supposed to know how to handle this?”

    “Why does nothing that works for other children work for mine?”

    “Why am I crying in the car again?”

    You just found what you’ve been searching for.

    Gets your partner on board

    Put what you’re seeing into words your partner can use.

    “A lot of this has come in handy for my role as a parent with my husband.”

    Rachel, LightMap parent

    Shows what to try

    The likeliest reasons behind the hard moments, and what to try next.

    “You can log your child’s behaviors and follow the patterns. It helps you figure out what’s possibly causing the behaviors in the first place and how to stop them before they even happen.”

    Stephanie D., early childhood educator and parent

    Your whole story, ready

    Everything in one place for the school and the doctor.

    “I am loving being able to log every incident, so I can go back and see things that I can tell the therapist or the school psychologist.”

    Amanda, LightMap parent

    Read or listen to a story, free.

    Read each story, or listen to the ones marked. Read-alouds are coming to every story.

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    See inside LightMap.

    What a parent sees, from the first log to the report.

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    Your day at a glance

    What LightMap is seeing in your child.

    Log in seconds screen in LightMap

    Log in seconds

    Tap what happened. Add a line if you want.

    See the pattern screen in LightMap

    See the pattern

    What keeps setting off the hard moments.

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    Try this first

    Tips picked from what you logged.

    Share it screen in LightMap

    Share it

    Reports for school, doctors and therapists.

    Ask about any day screen in LightMap

    Ask about any day

    Talk it through with LightMap.

    Know why screen in LightMap

    Know why

    Short guides that explain the pattern.

    Parents, in their own words.

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    — MaRanda Herring, PharmD, BCACP · Homeschool mom

    — Lydia · Mom of four

    — Stephanie D. · Early Childhood Educator

    — Abby K.

    — Dominika · Parent review

    * These parents were given free access to Birch & Light. They were not paid for their reviews.

    What parents and professionals say.

    “Birch & Light is built on the same principles I teach parents and educators every day. A gift to families.”

    Rachel Wise, M.Ed., NCSP

    Nationally Certified School Psychologist

    “Birch & Light meets children where they are and gently builds emotional awareness, self-love, and self-regulation.”

    Shari LaRosa, LCSW

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Mom’s Choice Award winner.

    “This app helps you figure out strategies and ideas of what you can do or what’s possibly causing the behaviors in the first place and how to stop them before they even happen.”

    Stephanie D.

    Early Childhood Educator. LightMap review.

    “I didn’t get frustrated.”

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    Mom of six-year-old twins, using the Method through tablet to bedtime, the hardest moment of her day.

    Tara Alison, founder of Birch & Light

    Why I built LightMap

    I’m Tara, a mom of five, and I’ve spent 20 years learning how to parent a child who feels everything harder than other children do. Every doctor, teacher and therapist sees one slice. I was the only one who saw all of it, and I couldn’t hold it all in my head.

    A therapist told me to track everything in a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet could store it, but it couldn’t read it. So I built LightMap. It reads every moment, every medication and every report together, and tells you what may be underneath and what to try next. I built it because I needed it.

    Tara Alison, founder of Birch & Light

    Certified Coach · BA Sociology · Current Practice in ADHD, Harvard Medical School continuing education

    What you get in 15 minutes

    Your free LightMap Analysis is about your child, not a sales pitch.

    • What may be underneath

      A clear read on what may be driving the hard moments and what keeps setting them off.

    • What to try first

      One specific next step for this week, so you are not guessing.

    • What to bring to your care team

      A summary you can share with your child's therapist, doctor or school.

    Everything in LightMap, plus the Method and all 32 stories, is included in a membership.