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.
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.
When they tried hard and it didn't go their way…
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.
- 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
Tonight, a calmer bedtime.
One short story, softly told, ending on an idea worth keeping. Start with a free one this evening.