On this episode, Grace talks with Sol Kennedy, the founder of the."best interest app," a software engineer and father. They converse about the co-parenting app and how AI has revolutionalised how children can be niurtured in a non-toxic and peaceable environment.

🗣️ QUOTABLE QUOTES + WHO SAID THEM

• “You cannot rebuild yourself while defending yourself.” — Founder
• “Healing begins where survival mode ends.” — Founder
• “Peace is not the absence of conflict; it’s the presence of protection.” — Host
• “AI doesn’t get tired of enforcing boundaries—and that’s its superpower.” — Founder
• “Consistency is compassion when emotions are unstable.” — Clinical Advisor
• “Boundaries are love, automated.” — User Testimonial
• “Not every message deserves a human response.” — Founder
• “De-escalation is how you win a fight you refuse to have.” — Host
• “Silence, structured correctly, is protection.” — Clinical Advisor
• “Children don’t need to hear everything to feel everything.” — Founder
• “If you can’t remove the conflict, remove their exposure to it.” — User Testimonial
• “A protected child becomes a peaceful adult.” — Host
• “Empathy in AI isn’t about feeling—it’s about responding responsibly.” — Founder
• “We didn’t build a tool—we built a buffer between pain and reaction.” — Founder
• “The future of healing may not be human alone.” — Host

TAKEAWAYS

• You cannot heal in the same environment that is harming you—AI can help create distance where physical separation isn’t enough.
• Boundaries are most effective when they are consistent—and consistency is where AI excels.
• Emotional safety is not a luxury; it’s a prerequisite for recovery.
• De-escalation is not weakness—it’s strategy.
• Children don’t need perfect parents; they need protected environments.
• Technology, when designed with empathy, can become a stabilising force in chaotic human dynamics.
• Healing accelerates when exposure to conflict decreases.
• AI doesn’t replace human judgement—it reinforces it when you’re too overwhelmed to act.

Contact Sol Kennedy: Founder, BestInterest for Coparents

Mailing Address: 2261 Market Street Ste 10018

San Francisco, CA 94114

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestinterestapp/

Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bestinterestapp/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bestinterest.app

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestInterestApp

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestinterest.app

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