Ancient wisdom for growing minds

Small stories
for big feelings.

Calm bedtime tales, drawn from the real Stoic philosophers. They help a child face the hard feelings of a day with a steadier heart.

Made by a dad in Melbourne, for his own kids.

Real classical sources No ads, ever Private by design
“Some things are up to us, and some are not.”
EPICTETUS · from The Rainy Picnic

How most nights go

A small ritual at the end of the day.

Tonight's story

A short tale for whatever today held. You pick it by how they're feeling, not by the calendar. Most run about five minutes.

The quiet audio

Softly narrated, with no ads and nothing to tap. You can put the phone down, screen off, and the story keeps playing.

The phrase they keep

Each story ends on one calming line. It's saved in Pocket, ready for the moment tomorrow when they need it.

The headline feature

A phrase for the moment it's actually needed.

Big feelings rarely wait for bedtime. Pocket keeps one calming line from each story, filed by feeling, so the words are already there when the hard moment arrives.

disappointed jealous afraid to try overwhelmed left out angry

When they tried hard and it didn't go their way…

“Take care of your aim. The wind is not yours.”
from The Archer · after Cicero, On Ends 3.22

Not invented wisdom

Every story grows from a real page of ancient philosophy.

Seneca wrote about anger. Epictetus wrote about the things we can't control. We take those genuine ideas, put them into words a child can follow, and always name the passage each one came from.

A promise, not fine print

Private, because it's made for children.

Stoic Sprout runs no ads and no trackers, and we never sell anyone's data. And if there's a quiet moment to reflect after a story, a little voice note or a line in a journal, it stays on your device and never reaches our servers.

Simple, honest pricing

Start free. Then A$99 a year for the whole family.

A$99 / year
or A$12.99 / month · cancel anytime
  • The whole growing library of stories
  • Pocket, for a calming phrase any time
  • New stories added regularly
  • For every child in the family, ad-free and private
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A few stories are free to try, no card needed. One subscription covers the whole family.

Tonight, a calmer bedtime.

One short story, softly told, ending on an idea worth keeping. Start with a free one this evening.