Launch HN: Trustle (YC W20) – On-demand child development experts for parents
I&#x27;ve worked in healthcare in the past (Drug Discovery) and have two parents in healthcare (Autism Clinical Psychologist and a Non-trauma ER Doctor).<p>This is really interesting and honestly, rings a bit true to me given what I&#x27;ve observed from their interactions.  Here are some anecdotes I&#x27;ve observed from parenting information asymmetry:<p>1. A lot of young parents (think: less than 20 years old) show up at the ER with healthy crying babies and little or no information.  When I was pre-med track and shadowed my father in the ER, I would see 3 or 4 of these parents in a 12 hour shift.  Watching my father &quot;bootstrap&quot; each of these parents into what normal clinical baby behavior is prior to any health diagnosis was interesting: It was essentially a 30 minute 101 session about babies that are super important but also non-obvious.  It was also obvious that the lessons really sunk in when it came from a third party clinician.  It also wasn&#x27;t uncommon to see the baby parents and the parent&#x27;s parents in the ER, all taking notes.<p>2. For my mother (the clinical psychologist), I&#x27;ve observed that even highly-educated, well-resourced parents still struggle with everything necessary to learn when having an autistic child.  These sessions would often range from immediate clinical needs, to year-by-year details of specific education needs for the rest of childhood, to the region and state-specific financial resources and saving accounts available for lifetime planning.  My mother works with schools and publishes papers on this stuff, but the parents always came back because ability to have a very direct Q-and-A session about specific issues was incredibly valuable.<p>Anyway, my father is retiring soon but I&#x27;ll tell my mother about your service.  She can&#x27;t travel as much but if it works via video chat, she may be up for taking sessions on it.