Press kit
Starring Tonight emails parents a brand-new bedtime story at 6:00 PM each evening, starring their own child, with a social-emotional skill and new words woven in. Kids get a story read aloud by the person they love most, not another screen.
Press contact: [Founder name] · hello@starringtonight.com · replies within one business day
Average daily screen time for U.S. children ages 0 to 8.
Common Sense Media, 2025 Census: Media Use by Kids Zero to EightPediatricians’ advice: stop screens an hour before bedtime.
American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.orgShare of children ages 0 to 5 read aloud to five or more days a week.
Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report, 7th edition (2019)Pick the one that fits your audience. We’re happy to tailor data, families or tips to your angle.
Young kids average about 2.5 hours of screen time a day, and pediatricians advise turning screens off an hour before bed. A reading coach built a nightly story parents read aloud (or print), so the last 10 minutes of the day belong to the family.
Good for: Parenting, lifestyle, morning shows
Only about half of children 5 and under are read to five or more days a week. When a new story starring your child arrives every night at 6, there’s always something fresh to read, even on the most tired evenings.
Good for: Education, literacy, parenting
[Founder name] teaches reading to K–5 students by day. At night she’s a mom of two whose 4-year-old always asks for “one more story.” She turned what she knows about how kids learn into a bedtime story that arrives by email.
Good for: Local TV, newspapers, Patch, community news
Children never use the service. AI writes each story from a plan designed by an educator, every story is checked before it’s sent, families’ details are never sold or used to train AI, and parents read the story aloud.
Good for: Tech, AI, family tech, privacy
Each night’s story carries one skill, like calming down with breath, sharing, waiting or bedtime stalling, plus questions to talk about and a note that tells parents what to say when the moment comes up in real life.
Good for: Child development, parenting podcasts, mom blogs
A seasonal angle for January (and back-to-school in August): how a 10-minute read-aloud can anchor a calmer bedtime routine, with tips from a reading coach.
Good for: Seasonal features, round-ups
Tonight’s skill: Calming down with breath · New word: “curious”
Every night before blast-off, Captain Maya checked three things: her helmet, her snack (two crackers shaped like moons), and her copilot, a sleepy space mouse named Biscuit who wore a thimble for a hat.
“Ready, Biscuit?” “Ready,” squeaked Biscuit, and he buckled his tiny belt.
Maya pressed the big silver button. Whoosh! The little rocket zipped past the moon, past the purple cloud where comets nap, all the way to the quiet edge of the sky.
Maya was curious. Curious means always wanting to find out more. And tonight, there was something to find out.
One star was not shining like the others. It flickered. It wobbled. It went bright, then dim, then bright again, like a nightlight with the hiccups.
Read the whole story, with the parent coach notes[Founder name]
Mom of two · Certified Georgia teacher · K–5 reading coach
[Founder name] is a certified Georgia teacher with [X] years in elementary classrooms. As her school’s K–5 reading coach, she helps teachers help children become strong, confident readers.
At home she’s a mom of two, including a 4-year-old who asks for “one more story” every single night. Starring Tonight grew out of those bedtimes: she wanted a story that starred her own child and quietly taught a skill or a new word each night, without adding screen time.
She designed the Starring Tonight curriculum, which pairs a year of social-emotional skills with age-matched vocabulary and simple talk-about-it questions for parents. [Founder first name] lives in [City], Georgia, with her family.
Short bio: [Founder name] is a certified Georgia teacher, K–5 reading coach and mom of two, and the founder of Starring Tonight.
AI writes each story from a plan [Founder first name] designed: the skill to practice, how far along the child is with it, new vocabulary for their age, and the details the parent shared. Every story is checked automatically for length, safety and the parent’s “please avoid” list, then read over by a second editing pass before it’s sent.
No. Parents read the story aloud from the email, open a dimmed bedtime reading mode, or print it. Children never use the website or the service.
A child’s first name, age, favorite things and what the parent wants the stories to help with. It’s used only to write the stories, never sold, never used for ads, and never used to train AI models.
It’s built like a curriculum, not a novelty: skills build from night to night (first the hero is shown a strategy, later they use it on their own), vocabulary is matched to the child’s age and reviewed, and parents get a coach note and a monthly progress report.
Ages 2 to 9. Story length, sentence length and vocabulary adjust to the child’s age.
$9.99/month for one child or $14.99/month for up to four (or $79 and $119 a year), with a 7-day free trial. There’s also a free weekly newsletter, The Sunday Story.
Please don’t change the colors or stretch the logo. Need something else, like screenshots or B-roll of a bedtime read? Just ask.
Reporters and reviewers can get a free month of the Family plan to try it at home.
Request a press accountStarring Tonight sends families a new personalized bedtime story every evening, starring their own child. Designed by a certified Georgia teacher and K–5 reading coach, each story weaves in a social-emotional skill and new vocabulary, with questions to talk about and a short note for parents. Parents read the stories aloud or print them, so bedtime stays screen-free for kids. Plans start at $9.99 a month with a 7-day free trial. Learn more at starringtonight.com.
