It all started with a notification at 10 PM…
“I built BestInterest after realizing that a single message from my co-parent could still ruin my day—and that existing tools documented conflict without helping us to actually step out of it.” — Sol Kennedy, Founder & Father of two
Insight: What if you could be a great coparent without getting sucked into the conflict?
“Coparenting shouldn’t take all you’ve got.”
I love being a dad. Some days are hard. But I noticed how a single notification could bring our entire co-parenting dynamic into precious family time with the kids, dinnertime, bedtime, or a rare quiet evening. The message might take a second to read, but the impact could last much longer.
I didn’t want to spend the rest of my days as a dad in court. I kept wondering why existing co-parenting apps focused on recording conflict for use in court—when all I wanted was my peace back.
From one difficult message to a different kind of app
The origin of BestInterest
The interruption
The hard part did not end when the paperwork did.
I had stepped away from tech to be a full-time dad. After divorce, I expected the legal and logistical pieces to be difficult. What surprised me was how easily one co-parenting message could pull me out of the room—even when I was sitting right beside my kids.The experiment
One night, I asked a different question.
After the kids were asleep, I brought a difficult message to ChatGPT and asked it to help me understand what mattered and how I could respond without adding more conflict. The answer was not magic. But it created something I had been missing: a little space between the message and my reaction.The product
What if that pause could happen before the spiral?
Most co-parenting tools were built to preserve a record after communication happened. I wanted support inside the moment itself—before I absorbed the emotional charge, before I pressed send, and before one notification took over the rest of the night.The mission
Build protection around the parent who is ready for peace.
That question became BestInterest: practical tools that can reduce exposure to harmful language, coach clearer replies, create notification boundaries, and keep useful child-related information moving. One parent can begin creating more structure without waiting for perfect cooperation.In Sol’s own words
The moment behind the mission
Hear how an interrupted night, a late experiment, and a very personal need for more peace became BestInterest.Our principles
Let’s face it, co-parenting is hard. Let’s make it easier.
BestInterest is designed around a simple belief: one parent can create more peace, clarity, and structure—even when the relationship itself remains hard.Make room before you react
No parent gets every moment right, and a difficult text can trigger any of us. BestInterest creates space before you read or send a message, so you have more room to respond as the parent you want to be.
Protect without disconnecting
Parents still need the information that helps them care for their children. Protection should create room for that information to come through with less emotional weight.
Keep the parent in charge
AI can make co-parenting easier, but it cannot replace either parent’s judgment, care, or presence—and it should never try. BestInterest can review, filter, organize, and coach. You decide what to read, what to send, and what comes next.
A growing movement
A simple, empowering idea became a movement.
BestInterest began with a belief that still guides us: technology can create more peace in the lives of parents. Not by deciding for them or promising perfect communication, but by giving them more space, clearer choices, and practical protection in the moments that used to take over.
Thousands of co-parents use and recommend BestInterest as they create more peace in the daily work of parenting. Every time someone steps out of the rabbit hole, holds a boundary without waiting for cooperation, or keeps one difficult message from taking over the night, that first idea becomes something bigger: parents choosing peace on purpose.
Read more stories from the BestInterest community →★★★★★“Really, I cannot tell you how much your app has changed my life. No more going down the rabbit hole with my coparent’s toxicity, and improved communication on my part.”
★★★★★“I do not have to rely on my ex agreeing to anything for this app to work. I gave them the app’s number, and now everything is filtered through it. It has been such a relief.”
A note from the founder
“The greatest gift we can give our children is our presence. That’s why I build BestInterest: to help more parents be there for their kids.”
See what grew from that first question