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We are back, after a summer of no Cupcake Classes, due to Jennie taking the summer off, she has finally started holding autumn classes. Amelia and I were both very, very excited – we have a few booked in now that the summer is over, and we were hitting the ground running with a new themed class, featuring new cutters and a new design. We were actually the first class to do the Autumn Wreath Cupcake Class.
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By Rachel Rothman, Betteroo
The outing was a success. There were animals to spot, puddles to jump in or a whole museum floor to explore. Now you are home with a tired toddler, a bag full of crumbs and an older child who still wants to tell you everything.
On evenings like this, a long bedtime routine can feel like one more task. A short story offers a manageable moment together before the day ends. It does not have to be a new book, a complete book or a performance. It can simply be a few familiar pages with someone your child loves.
The last time you spent an hour hunting for a kids’ tablet, a car seat, or a decent board game for a mixed-age birthday, you probably didn’t open ten tabs. You opened one chat window. According to a Semrush survey of 2,338 US adults, 65% of AI users have at least partially swapped product-related Google searches for a chatbot, and more than half have been talked out of a purchase by one. That shift is reshaping how family buying decisions get made at the kitchen table, often without anyone noticing it’s happened.
The trouble is, most of the advice floating around about shopping with AI is wrong in ways that cost parents money and patience. Here are the assumptions worth clearing up before the next big purchase.
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Every January, the family calendar app climbs the download charts, right next to the fitness trackers and meal planners. By March, most of them sit as a forgotten icon on page three of someone’s phone. App analytics teams have a nickname for the pattern, and the churn curves for health and fitness apps tell the same story: a sharp install spike in January followed by double-digit drops by spring. Household coordination tools follow the same arc for the same reasons.
The usual advice blames the user. You didn’t stick with it. You didn’t set it up right. You didn’t get the rest of the family to log in. That story is mostly wrong, and it misses what’s happening inside these apps. Here are the assumptions worth throwing out.
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