The conversation comes first.

Not anti-tech.
Pro-childhood.

Every Radish product is built around one belief: that the conversation between a parent and their child is the most powerful preparation you can give them. Our stories and learning tools exist to start that conversation.

The Hole in the Fence storybooks alongside the Radish Learning app on mobile
The Hole in the Fence · Ages 7–11

Start with the storybooks.

Ten illustrated stories designed to be read together. Each book ends with Let’s Talk questions, not to test your child, but to open a conversation neither of you might have started on your own. Ages 7–11 are the years before the phone arrives, when children are still building the self-esteem, empathy, and trust they will need when it does. That is why we start here.

“The question section was essential in helping him think more deeply about what was going on in the stories, and how it might relate to his own life and relationships.”
Dr. Emily — Educational Psychologist
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Ages 7–1110 booksDiscussion prompts in every book
The Hole in the Fence — an open book showing illustrations and story text, with the box set behind
Now in beta
Radish Learning · Ages 11–14

The next step in your child’s digital education.

33 lessons across 11 modules. SkillzBot guides your child through each topic as a conversation. Every module includes parent prompts for the discussions that follow at home.

33lessons
11modules
Parentlayer included
Radish Learning lesson — SkillzBot guides a child through a conversationChild dashboard showing module progressParent view showing Let's Talk conversation prompts
What sets Radish apart

Built on conversation, not content.

Built on conversation

The conversation a story sparks is more powerful than the story itself. That is not a side effect of what we build. It is the point.

Real words, real world

We don’t sanitise what children encounter online. We use the words they will actually hear, so they are prepared, not surprised.

Preparation, not reaction

Radish is for before the device. Children who understand what to expect online handle it better when the moment arrives.

For parents who have already said no

A phone ban buys you time.
Radish is what you do with it.

School phone bans. Later first phones. Delayed social media access. All of it creates a window. Radish exists for that window. Rather than waiting for the phone to arrive and then responding, Radish prepares children in advance: the conversations, the language, and the confidence they need to handle the online world well when it does.

How Radish prepares them
Fifty years in the making

Three generations. One mission.

The Hole in the Fence was created in the 1970s by Kate’s father for Health Canada. Kate’s mother spent years researching why it worked. The answer was the same then as it is now: not the stories, but the conversations they started. Kate’s motivation to rebuild it was personal. When her son was eight, a game ad showed him something no eight-year-old should see. There was no language for it, no prior conversation, nowhere to take it together. Radish is the answer to that moment.

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How Radish works

Structured learning. Real conversations.

Radish is a preparation, not a reaction. Both products are built for the window before your child goes online, so when the moment arrives, they are ready.

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Your child learns

Every story and lesson is built to feel like a conversation, not a lecture. One idea at a time, in language that sticks.

02

They prove it

The stories and quizzes both use situations your child will actually encounter. Not abstract theory. Real scenarios that test whether the ideas have actually landed.

03

You talk together

Every book and every module ends with Let’s Talk prompts designed for your family. No right answers. Just the question, and the two of you.

Let’s Talk

The content is the warm-up.
The conversation is the point.

Every book ends with Let’s Talk questions. Every module ends with parent prompts. No right answers. No points. Just the question, and the two of you.

“If you had a magic mirror, is there anything you would want to change about yourself?”
Let’s Talk · The Hole in the Fence, Book 1
“Tell your child directly: if something online ever upsets you, you can always come to me. No judgement.”
Parent prompt · Radish Learning, module 5
Parent support

You are not on your own.

We share daily insights on Instagram and publish guides for every book and module. Every comment is answered.

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