Four kids. Six activities. Two parents. One car. The math doesn't always work, but somehow you make it happen.
Large families have unique coordination challenges. It's not just more of the same—it's exponentially more complex. When every kid has their own schedule, the number of potential conflicts multiplies.
The complexity multiplier
With two kids, you might have four activities to track. With four kids, you might have twelve. Add sports seasons, school events, birthday parties, and playdates, and you're managing a logistics operation that would challenge a project manager.
Most calendar apps weren't built for this. They work fine for a couple with busy jobs, but they buckle under the weight of a large family.
Everyone on one calendar
Homie puts every family member's schedule in one place. Not separate calendars that you have to mentally combine—one actual view of everything.
When you're looking at Saturday, you see it all: the soccer game, the birthday party, the orthodontist appointment, and the piano recital. At a glance, you know what's happening and who needs to be where.
Here's how we've solved it in the Homie app:
made easy!
Notifications so you never forget an event.
Recurring events with support for exceptions.
Birthdays and anniversaries.
Holiday calendars.
Share and view in other calendars (Google, Apple, etc.).
Import your old calendar (Google, Apple, etc.) for a flying start.
Share links to individual events that people can add to their calendars.
Clear ownership
In a large family, things fall through the cracks when no one knows who's responsible. "I thought you were picking her up." "I assumed he did his homework."
Homie's task lists let you assign clear ownership. Each task belongs to someone. When you're delegating across multiple kids, everyone knows what's theirs to handle.
Here's how we've solved it in the Homie app:
with simple sharing to get things done.
Organize tasks into lists that you can optionally share with other users.
Subtasks to break down big tasks into manageable steps.
Notifications for important tasks.
Share links to task lists and allow anyone to collaborate, even without a Homie account.
Routines that scale
Morning routines with four kids are different than with one. There's more to coordinate, more bathroom time to negotiate, more shoes to find.
Homie's visual routines give each kid their own checklist. They can see what they need to do without asking you twelve times. And you can see who's done and who's stuck.
Here's how we've solved it in the Homie app:
that you do regularly, like:
Leaving the house
Yearly Christmas preparations
Routine categories work like checklists in your day.
Important routines, like taking your medicine, will move to the next day until done.
Subtasks for routines with multiple steps like "Spring cleaning".
Skip or move a routine once.
Notifications for important routines.
The older kids can help
In large families, older kids often help with younger ones. That works better when everyone can see the same information. The teenager driving their sibling to practice can check the calendar themselves instead of asking you.
When the whole family has access to the schedule, the coordination load doesn't fall entirely on the parents.
Simplify, don't complicate
Large families don't need more complexity—you have plenty of that. Homie is deliberately simple. Calendar, tasks, routines. No feature bloat, no learning curve.
It's the basics, done well, designed to handle the scale your family actually operates at.
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