HiMama

For HiMama owner Ron Spreeuwenberg, the space between childcare provider and working parent felt a little too distant. He believed, no matter the quality of the daycare or childcare service, the disconnect between parent and child was something that could benefit from modern technology, so Ron investigated how parents and daycares talk to each other. “I travelled to different childcare facilities and talked with childcare professionals about how they were updating parents during the day,” recalls Ron. “I discovered it was a really big pain point, both for parents and the staff. They were using a lot of paper, with daily updates handed to parents when they picked up their kids, and it wasn’t engaging parents.”

Ron’s solution is HiMama, an app for daycares and early learning programs that helps parents stay connected with their children, even when they’re at work. “The app allows people to record a child’s learning and development and provide that to parents in an easily digestible way,” Ron says. “So parents can learn about what their kids have been learning and reinforce those lessons when they’re home together.”