The NICE App

The NICE app is a product of Colorful Acorn Parenting designed to emphasize CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT in an AI age.  The Foundation Building Years (ages 4-12) are critical to teach children how to be respectful, use manners and know how to be relational.  

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Here is how it works:  

NICE will connect with whatever AI Platform you currently use at home (i.e. ChatGPT, Gemini, Alexa, Siri, etc ...).  Once connected, a child must use "Please" when giving a directive, the AI will reflect what they heard the child say and the directive is not unlocked until the child says, "Thank you."  Each time a child completes the task, they receive a virtual "acorn" but if they use more advanced vocabulary (i.e. I would be grateful if ... or It would be really helpful if ...), they will automatically earn a Golden Acorn.

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Parents and grandparents decide how their kids are rewarded according to how many acorns they receive.

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Children earn acorns and golden acorns when:

• They use "Please" and "Thank you" appropriately when asking for a directive;

• They use proper table manners;

• They can order appropriately at restaurants and outside of the house;

• They execute all 3 steps of an apology;

• They can use proper phone manners;

• They can send an email to a teacher or other adult appropriately;

• They can meet someone new using good eye contact, a strong voice and firm handshake;

• They get a good report from their teacher or other adults.

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NICE tallies up the acorns and notifies parents when the child is ready for their next reward.  NICE has reward ideas already in place or parents can create their own!

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NICE even has a family dinner game to engage conversations about manners and growing up.