Writing with your child

Writing with your child. All YearChapter articles in this category, about capturing memories for your child together.

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Writing

Why it matters who writes, not only what gets written down

A photo shows how something looked. But who wrote it down, and how, determines whether your child will later also feel how it was.

4 min read
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Writing

How to know which questions to ask yourself to truly capture a memory

Not every memory calls for a full story. But the right question makes the difference between a detail that stays and a moment that disappears.

4 min read
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Writing

How to know whether you are preserving memories or just storing them

There is a difference between storing a memory and truly preserving it. It is not about the number of photos, but about what you write alongside them.

3 min read
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Writing

How to write as a family without it feeling like a chore

Keeping memories together as a family sounds lovely, but it often falls apart over who does it and when. Here is how it can still work.

3 min read
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Writing

How you can still remember how it felt later, not just how it looked

Photos show what your baby looked like. But how it felt to sit there, at three in the morning, with that small head against your chest — that disappears if you don't write it down.

4 min read
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Writing

Before you know it, they are crawling

You remember the milestones on your own. The small things fade. How to capture everyday moments with one sentence in the moment itself, before you forget them.

5 min read
Pregnant woman writing in a notebook by the window
Writing

Starting before the baby arrives

You do not have to wait until your child is here to begin. The months before have their own story. What to capture during pregnancy, and how.

6 min read
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Writing

What do you write in chapter 01?

The first page is always the hardest. Three writing prompts that work, whether you start three days, three weeks, or three months late.

5 min read
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Writing

How to get grandparents writing along

Not everyone is comfortable with an app. Three gentle ways to get grandad and grandma writing in your child's YearChapter book, without hassle or extra accounts.

6 min read
Coffee and notebook by the window
Writing

Writing when you have no time

Three minutes a day. Three sentences a week. How to make YearChapter work for people who would never sit down to write.

4 min read