Create an app feature that allows parents to track whether their children have fed or walked the family pet, addressing the uncertainty parents face about pet care responsibilities.
Validation experiment for parent issue #312 — **Problem: Family parents can't tell if children have fed or walked the family pet today**. --- ### Hypothesis Family parents in households with 2+ school-age children (ages 8–16) assigned daily pet-care duties experience recurring daily uncertainty about whether the pet has been fed or walked. They rely on inadequate workarounds (whiteboard, group chat, verbal check-ins) that children quickly stop using. If shown an app with a real-time "who did it + when" audit log and parent push alerts when a feeding/walk window passes without a child check-in, they will sign up and pay a small monthly fee. --- ### Method **1. Interviews (10–15 parents)** - Recruit via r/Parenting and r/dogs - Target: households with ≥ 2 children aged 8–16 AND a dog or cat - 20–30 min video/voice calls; 2-week window **2. Landing page + waitlist** - Single-page site describing shared real-time pet-task log + parent push alerts - One organic post each in r/dogs an