I watched my nephew — 9 years old — sit in front of YouTube for 13 hours straight. Not a movie. Not a show. Just... scrolling. Watching. Lost.
On the last page of his school notebook, where kids usually doodle or write their dreams, he had written the names of 10 gaming YouTubers. Memorized. Ranked. His heroes.
He couldn't ride a bicycle. At 9. He didn't know how to hold a screwdriver. Didn't know how to talk to his father without attitude.
"We don't know what to do."
"It's everywhere now."
"At least he's not on the streets."
"All kids are like this."
I didn't judge them. I understood. They were tired. Working. Surviving. The screen was the only babysitter that didn't complain.
But I couldn't stop thinking: this is what childhood looks like now?
Then I Became a Parent.
Two kids. Both under 3. And suddenly, that fear I felt watching my nephew? It moved into my house.
Same screens. Same exhaustion. Same guilt. Same helplessness. I looked at other families. Same story. Different houses.
We have systems for everything — school, work, fitness, finances.
But no system for building habits at home.
Schools track grades. Apps track screen time. Gyms track workouts.
Who tracks patience?
Who tracks gratitude?
Who tracks presence?
Nobody. Because there's no system for it. Until now.
June 2025. Everything Changed.
Something happened that made me stop everything. I was about to leave Bangalore. Leave everything. Start over.
But one thought kept coming back:
If not now, when?
If I don't build this, who will?
If my kids grow up the same way... I'll never forgive myself.
So I stayed. And I started building. No degree in child psychology. No background in product design. No investors. No team. Just a parent with fear and a question that wouldn't go away.
August 2025. The First Card.
Designed everything myself. From scratch. Sitting at home in Bangalore.
First card: Hug for 30 Seconds. Then the connection cards. Then the habit tracker.
What I noticed:
→ Kids don't resist habits. They resist lectures.
→ When parents practice patience, kids watch. And learn.
→ Visible progress (a wall tracker) changes everything.
→ 15 minutes is enough. Exhausted parents can do 15 minutes.
By January 2026, CHAOSSIC was ready. Not perfect. But real. And now it's in homes across India — families building habits together, one card at a time.