The Friendly Professor in 2026
Choose the support that works for you
We’ve made it easy to access help in the way that fits your life best.
Option 1: Quick answers when you need them
Because when your sink is leaking, you don’t want a 250-page manual on home plumbing – you want the one page that fixes the leak.
Browse our guides anytime and get the solution you need, right when the problem arises. Our Gumroad store also opened in early January, so purchasing a guide (or a couple of guides) is as easy as “pick and click”. If only parenting was so simple.
Option 2: Join the Friendly Professor Community
Members enjoy:
- A monthly newsletter packed with practical tips (see 2026 calendar below)
- Digital Q&A sessions with the Professor
- Unlimited access to our complete library of parenting guides
- The ability to gift one guide per month to another parent who may need a helping hand
Affordable for every family
We know parenting stretches your time, patience, energy – and budget.
So we’ve kept both options as affordable as possible.
Think “can of soda” or “cup of coffee” affordable – not a whole grocery trolley.
2026 Content Calendar
January - Calmer homes, better routines
Parents reset after the holidays
Guides
- The Calm-Down Blueprint
- Resetting Family Routines
- Teaching Kids to Listen
- Morning Routine Starter Pack
- After-School Flow Guide
Bonus
Checklist: “Daily Calm Habits”
Video: Why Kids Don’t Listen
February - Emotions, tantrums & meltdowns
Emotional flare-ups are common early in the term.
Guides
- Why Tantrums Happen
- The Tantrum Response Formula
- Meltdowns vs Tantrums
- Supporting Highly Sensitive Kids
- Emotional Regulation Skills (Simple Version)
Bonus
Checklist: “Tantrum-Safe Phrases”
Video: How to Stop Tantrums
March - Homework, focus & school success
School settles in; homework resistance increases.
Guides
- Homework Battles Toolkit
- The 20-Minute Homework Routine
- Helping Distracted Kids Focus
- Managing Procrastination
- Study Habits for Real Families
Bonus
Checklist: “Homework Prep Checklist”
Video: Why Kids Struggle With Homework
April - Screen-time & digital discipline
Screen-time spikes during school holidays.
Guides
- Screen Limits Kids Follow
- Tech-Free Bedtime
- Managing Gaming Overload
- Sneaky Screen Behaviour
- Building a Balanced Screen Routine
Bonus
Printable: Screen Tokens
Video: Why Screens Trigger Meltdowns
May - Anxiety, worry & school stress
Children feel academic pressure before exams.
Guides
- Understanding Anxiety in Kids
- School Avoidance Toolkit
- Worry Reducing Phrases
- Exam Stress Support
- Building Confidence in Worried Kids
Bonus
Checklist: “Calm Exam Prep”
Video: Helping Your Child With Anxiety
June - Sibling conflict & fighting
School break → more sibling clashes.
Guides
- Why Siblings Fight
- Stop the Cycle of Arguments
- Teaching Conflict Resolution
- Fair vs Equal
- Sibling Bonding Activities
Bonus
Checklist: “No-Fight Morning Routine”
Video: Stopping Sibling Rivalry
July - Independence & confidence month
Parents focus on skill-building mid-year.
Guides
- Building Independence in Kids
- Growth Mindset Toolkit
- Raising Confident Kids
- Skills for School Readiness
- Overcoming Fearfulness
Bonus
Checklist: “Daily Confidence Builders”
Video: The Secret to Raising Independent Kids
August - Behavior, boundaries & respect
Second-term fatigue starts to show.
Guides
- Positive Discipline Essentials
- Boundaries Kids Respect
- Handling Backtalk
- Ending Power Struggles
- Staying Calm in Conflict
Bonus
Checklist: “10 Respect-Building Phrases”
Video: How to Set Boundaries
September - Social skills, friendships & bullying
School social issues peak at this time of year.
Guides
- Helping Kids Make Friends
- Managing Playground Drama
- Dealing With Bullying
- Building Social Confidence
- Empathy Training for Kids
Bonus
Checklist: “Friendship Builders”
Video: How to Help with Social Challenges
October - Sleep, routines & energy regulation
Early summer + exam season = chaos.
Guides
- Fixing Bedtime Battles
- Overtired Kids: Signs & Solutions
- After-School Decompression
- Weekend Routines
- Energy Regulation Strategies
Bonus
Checklist: “Calm Bedtime Routine”
Video: Why Bedtime Meltdowns Happen
November - End-of-year behavior reset
Kids become restless; parents are exhausted.
Guides
- Reinforcing Good Habits
- The Calm Holiday Plan
- Preventing Overstimulation
- Gratitude & Behaviour
- Transition Tools for Kids
Bonus
Checklist: “Holiday Behavior Checklist”
Video: Preventing End-of-Year Meltdowns
December - Holiday harmony
Travel, disrupted routines, and emotional overload.
Guides
- Holiday Tantrum Prevention
- Managing Travel Meltdowns
- Handling Relatives & Overstimulation
- Gift Overload Management
- Post-Holiday Reset
Bonus
Checklist: “Calm Holiday Planning”
Video: How to Avoid Holiday Chaos
FAQs
If you decide not to join, you won’t get anything in your Inbox other than what you’ve paid for. And at $2.99 per guide (or $5.99 for three) you can get all the advice you need, when you need it and it won’t break the bank. You are able to cancel your subscription at any time.
The guides will be available individually or in bundles on our Gumroad store from the 1st February 2026.
Well, first off, you will become part of a real support network: our community is not your average FaceBook group, it’s a source of calm and newfound expertise. In this regard, you will receive a monthly newsletter highlighting five parenting problem areas associated with that time on the year (see the 2026 Calendar on the member’s page). You will also have complementary access to our complete library of parenting guides. And if you have a particular problem that we don’t cover, you will be able to send it in to be included in a Q&A with the Friendly Professor. And you will qualify to send one free guide a month to anyone you choose, a benefit we think you will learn to love.
It’s true the information is indeed out there. If you have the time to do all the searches yourself you can definitely get hold of loads of valuable data. Then what you need to do is read through it, discard the figures that don’t hold water, sift the remaining data and distill it all into an effective plan. We know just how much time and effort that takes, and we’re pretty sure after you’ve done it once you may change your mind the next time you have a problem.
You can cancel at any time, just by sending us an email. Obviously we’re hoping you will enjoy being part of our community and you won’t want to cancel.
We will keep it under digital lock and key. We will NEVER trade your personal data with anyone else.
At the moment we are concentrating on the US of A. But parenting is a worldwide phenomenon, and we are planning to produce an international edition of each of The Friendly Professor’s guides in 2026.
Even if the problems are similar, the solutions are sometimes radically different. There are age-restriction laws on cell-phone usage in Australia, for example, that simply don’t exist in the US. And the whole medical structure for children is quite different in the UK. But let’s take our Guide on Online Safety and Predators as one example. Our advice on what to do if you suspect a pedophile is DMing your child is to contact the FBI. That advice would be completely useless to a parent in Ireland or New Zealand.