Toddlerhood Decoded
Move beyond basic discipline to understand the neurological drives of your toddler. Learn to design environments and communication loops that turn daily power struggles into moments of shared discovery.
Like Duolingo, but for Toddlerhood Decoded. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
A short one: 12 levels across 2 sections, about 24 minutes end to end, roughly 5 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Immediate Shift and The Deep Logic. It assumes you already know the basics.
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Key ideas in Toddlerhood Decoded
- Immature prefrontal cortex and impulse control
- Physical boundaries vs willpower
- Definition of a Yes-Space
- Purpose of a Yes-Space
- Low, open shelving
- Impulse management
- Forward-facing book displays
- Heavy toy bins
- Yes-Space definition
- Visual cues
- Environmental anchors
- Environmental setups for autonomy
- Observing current interests ensures the rotated toys match the child's current 'schema' or play style.
- Identifying environmental setups that foster toddler autonomy
- Limiting visible choices to 5-8 items prevents the 'choice paralysis' of a messy toy box.
- Using environmental anchors instead of verbal instructions
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Toddlerhood Decoded the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Instead of relying on a toddler's willpower, what is the most effective way to manage their impulses in the home?
Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.
Where Toddlerhood Decoded takes you
- 1
The Immediate Shift
- The Yes-Space Strategy
- Precision Redirection
- 2
The Deep Logic
- The Logic of the Meltdown
- Cultivating Agency
2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Toddlerhood Decoded is taught in the Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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Start Toddlerhood Decoded today.
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