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You know those moments that leave you speechless, the kind that make you pause and think, “Wow, did that just happen?” Well, one of our beta testing families recently had one of those moments, and it’s still blowing my mind.

Picture this: A family with two kids, ages 7 and 10, about six weeks into their Nelli journey. These kids were in what we now call the “flow stage” of using Nelli, fully immersed and loving it.

Now, let me introduce you to Noah and Sage. Noah, the older of the two, used to be obsessed with Pokémon cards—like, serious collection-level obsessed. But, as kids do, he eventually lost interest and passed the entire collection on to his younger sister, Sage. Fast forward several months, and Sage had turned those cards into her new favourite hobby. She was meticulously organising her three binders full of Pokémon cards, picking out her favourite characters, and generally having a blast.

Then, suddenly, Noah got hit with a major case of FOMO. He wanted his Pokémon cards back, but Sage wasn’t having it. She was enjoying them too much. However, Sage had a big reward in mind—a trip to Australia Zoo—set up in Nelli, and it was worth a few hundred star points.

So, Noah started bargaining. And what did Sage want in return? You guessed it—Nelli 🌟 star points! This kicked off some serious negotiations between the two.

In the end, Noah handed over all his hard-earned Nelli 🌟 star points to Sage and went on a chore spree, frantically earning bonus points to buy back the second binder from her. After tackling about 3 or 4 chores for Mum and Dad, he finally had enough points to trade for the second binder of Pokémon cards. He was over the moon.

But here’s the part that left us all in awe: Later that evening, Noah’s mum walked past the kitchen and saw something she couldn’t believe—Noah was filling up the multistage water filter, completely unprompted. When she asked if Dad had asked him to do it, he simply said, “Nope, just noticed it needed doing.” 🤯

This is the same Noah who, up until that day, wouldn’t lift a finger around the house unless there was something in it for him. The day’s chores had shifted his mindset. He was now helping out because it “needed doing.”

Incredible, right? These are the stories that fuel our passion at Nelli. Our mission is to empower kids with independence and life skills, making it fun for them and helping parents along the way.