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CapeTots
When something is hard, put on your cape and become Brave You. CapeTots is a warm daily brave-moment talk for your 3-5-year-old: a new slide, a wobbly tower, a dark room - Thimble the mouse-knight asks "what would Brave You do?", then a tiny brave move (and "not yet" or "ask for help" are brave too). A printable cape, read-aloud help - and nothing is ever saved. The Batman effect, for grown-ups and little ones together.
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Meet the cast
CapeTots teaches SELF-DISTANCING for the youngest: when a feeling is big and a thing is hard, a child copes better by borrowing a braver self (the "Batman effect", White & Carlson 2017). Thimble the mouse-knight hands the child a cape - "what would Brave You do?" - over ONE small hard moment for a grown-up and a 3-5 child to share. A cape is an invitation, never a push ("not yet" and "ask for help" are brave too), and nothing is ever saved.
Thimble
Put on the cape - a mouse-knight in a thimble helmet who hands the child a cape and asks "what would Brave You do?"; the borrow-a-braver-self act IS Thimble.
Pluck
Try again - embodies gentle perseverance: when something is tricky, Brave You tries once more a different way (never a demand to keep going).
Bramble
Brave breath - embodies the steady body: one slow breath, stand tall; a calm body makes room for a little brave.
Dandelion
...and me too - a soft companion who shows the grown-up puts on a cape as well (the grown-up-first move: the adult borrows their brave self first).
What's inside
Learning goal
When something is hard, put on your cape and become Brave You. CapeTots is a warm daily brave-moment talk for your 3-5-year-old: a new slide, a wobbly tower, a dark room - Thimble the mouse-knight asks "what would Brave You do?", then a tiny brave move (and "not yet" or "ask for help" are brave too). A printable cape, read-aloud help - and nothing is ever saved. The Batman effect, for grown-ups and little ones together.
How CapeTots handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages