The Inevitable Emergency Room Visit

Before: Dad doesn’t remember our son’s blood type during the chaos of an emergency.

After: Dad opens our shared Parentfile on his phone while in the ER and shares his blood type. Priceless!

All Those Things That Should Really be Thrown Away

Before: Report cards, art projects, and more get put in drawers or saved in the garage.

After: Took a picture and saved them in my Parentfile. Now I can throw them away!

Broken Bones and Injuries

Before: I don’t remember the details of what the doctor said.

After: If it hurts again, tomorrow or in 10 years, I have notes in my Parentfile. Phew!

What Happens if I Die Next Year?

Before: So many things, pieces of information, personal mementos, and stories get lost forever.

After: Everything that truly matters to me that I want my children, and my children’s children, to know and value are saved and shared.

Where Do I Store Our Family Traditions?

Before: Every generation we forgot more and more of the unique things that make our family special.

After: We now have a record of all our family recipes, traditions, and the new ones created by the next generation.

I Have New Things to Share When I Talk to My Kids

Before: We end up talking about what’s new in their life and I don’t have much to share on my end. 

After: I have fun things to share that I thought of and added to my Parentfile about our family, memories from the childhood years.

Birth Certificates, Social Security Cards & More

Before: They lie in a drawer and hopefully don’t get lost.

After: Digitized and saved in my Parentfile. Not even a chance of getting lost!

What’s His Blood Type Again?

Before: Your spouse asks you for the 10th time what your son’s blood type is…

After: You can simply say, “Honey, it’s in our Parentfile…” - he’ll have the answer, and know where to check next time before asking!

We Don't Have a Trust/Will

Before: Heaven forbid something happened to me or my spouse, there would be significant tax and legal consequences.

After: There's a trust already in my Parentfile I can customize and use for our family...and peace of mind that our family would be taken care of.

When Charlie Graduates College or Has a Baby

Before: I share verbally the memories when I occasionally get to see him.

After: He can access his Parentfile and have it all at his fingertips anytime. Priceless.

When I Get Asked the 10th Time the Same Question

Before: Honey, it’s in the 2nd drawer in the filing cabinet.

After: He doesn’t even ask or bug you! He knows he can find the answer in your Parentfile!

I Have Just a Trust or Will 

Before: In my trust/will are all the things with a price and that you can put a value on.

After: By having a Parentfile, I have saved all the things that truly matter, so many of them things that could never be put in a legal document. I can also upload my trust/will to my Parentfile and have everything all in one place.

I See My Children Only a Few Times a Year Now

Before: I share things with them when I see them or on holidays.

After: I can always be adding things to my Parentfile even when I’m not with them, making it so, so fun to share the next time I see them or as a Milestone Surprise at a specific date or life stage in the future.

Our Family Traditions

Before: Every generation we forget more and more of the unique things that make our family special.

After: We now have a record of all our family recipes, traditions and the new ones created by the next generation.

Sibling Rivalries 

Before: You try and figure out how to share things with your kids equally as they get older but it’s hard.

After: You set up individual Milestone Surprises in your Parentfile for little things like personal mementos you share at graduation or age 30 or 50, or even a family trip you take everyone on when you hit a big birthday yourself.

My Life Story

Before: My children, their children, and generations to come know less and less about me, my values and my life.

After: I can save my life story, my own life lessons that I consider the most valuable, and any words of wisdom I want to share for generations to come…my true legacy.

I Have New Things to Share When I Talk to My Kids

Before: We end up talking about what’s new in their life and I don’t have much to share on my end.

After: I have fun things to share that I thought of and added to my Parentfile about our family, memories from the childhood years, milestone surprises for the future, and so much more.

An Emergency Happens

Before: The ER nurse calls me to find out Dad’s blood type and medications he is allergic to because they can’t get a hold of Mom.

After: I look in my Parentfile, get the information, and share it with the nurse in the ER so they can immediately treat Dad.

It’s Not If, But When They’ll Need Help

Before: I wait for something to happen before I start tuning in and saving things.

After: Because I started my Parentfile ahead of time, knowing of course someday I’d need this information, it made things 10x easier (for everyone).

I See My Parents Twice a Year

Before: I ask them questions and get updates when I see them, but there really isn’t time to get into these things.

After: I can add information anytime in my Parentfile, or even have a Parentfile Guide get the information directly from my parents and add it for me.

Siblings Fight About Who Helps

Before: Siblings grow more and more disgruntled about who is perceived to be doing more.

After: In our Parentfile we can all access this information and now have a plan for how everyone is helping.

I Avoid the Hard Conversations

Before: Having conversations on where things are and when health issues inevitably happen are uncomfortable.

After: Parentfile provided me with specific recommendations based on my Dad’s situation so I knew the absolute most important pieces of information I needed from him. Or I can even have a Parentfile Guide get the information from him and add it to my Parentfile for me!

My Parents Only Have a Will

Before: They saved everything with financial value in their will or trust, but what about all the priceless things like family ancestry, traditions, memories and more (that have even more value).

After: Because I started asking them for these things, I have everything that truly matters saved in my Parentfile…priceless.