tapouts - The #1 Mental Health Program for Kids

By 2030, tapouts will prepare one million children to take on our future challenges by transforming stress into success. Ready to help your child (and the world) reach their potential?

1,500+ trials started in the last 14 days!

Trusted by 20,000 parents
Rated 4.7/5 on Trustpilot
10,000+ hours coached
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Included with tapouts:

Live group sessions.

Each week, children and teens participate in 30-minute sessions that consider age groups and interests.

Science-backed program.

Our methodology features interdisciplinary fields within psychology, neuroscience, and education.

Coaches who care.

Our coaches foster an impactful, empathetic learning experience and some serious fun along the way.

Safe spaces.

We're about welcoming environments where children and teens are free to share thoughts and feelings, grow, and be themselves.

Easy access.

Our virtual group sessions are conveniently accessible through Zoom from anywhere in the world.

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The Program

Backed by Science.

tapouts coaches focus on wellbeing, emotional understanding, and mindsets, so your kids can grow up with skills we wish we knew back then. Once-a-week group coaching is at our core — with games, open sessions, and mentoring mixed in.

About tapouts.

Our program equips children and teens with skills they don't learn in school. Expressing emotions. Identifying unhelpful thoughts. And becoming more resilient to whatever life brings.

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Why tapouts?

tapouts knows that well-adjusted kids grow into well-adjusted adults.

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Our program teaches young people stuff they don't learn in school. How to be more resilient. How to express feelings, make new friends, and optimize joy even when life gets heavy.

Young Potential

Children and teens learn to:

Identify and express feelings.
Manage thoughts.
Develop growth mindset.
Develop stress mindset.
Build resilience.

How tapouts works

Prepped for life
Take our free assessment.

Helps parents understand whether tapouts would be helpful for their child.

Join a pod.

Your child will join similar-aged peers and progress through a science-backed edutainment curriculum led by one of our trained coaches.

Watch the magic happen.

Week-by-week, your child will begin to cultivate skills necessary for resilience while having fun and making new social connections.

Program
topics:

Emotions

Kids and teens learn the role emotions can play in our lives — specifically, the connection between our emotions and how we behave/respond in common situations.

Thoughts

Kids and teens learn about important thought concepts and about our awareness of thoughts.

Actions/Behaviors

Kids and teens learn skills that illustrate the connection between our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors – and how to recognize the importance of this connection.

Mindsets

Adapting concepts such as stress mindset and growth mindset, tapouts teaches kids and teens about mindsets that change how they relate to stress, as well as increase their potential for academic and personal success.

Schedule now.

Get started with our free assessment and
meet your coach today.

Meet the team.

tapouts knows that well-adjusted kids grow into well-adjusted adults.

Dr. Daniel Lee

Director of Program and Coaching

Daniel Lee, Ph.D. has over 20 years of experience working with youth and their families in settings including the Los Angeles (LA) Unified School District, LA County Department of Mental Health, educational centers, and nonprofits. As a Provost Fellow, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California (USC) and did his postdoctoral training in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Dr. Daniel Lee

Chrissy Papetti

Program and Coaching Manager

Chrissy is an LA-based licensed Occupational Therapist and Certified Life and Success Coach. She brings a decade of experience creating and delivering group/individual coaching programs across a variety of settings to help youth gain the skills they need to maximize their well-being, health, and performance.

Chrissy Papetti

Dr. Maggie Vaughan

Program Development

Maggie C. Vaughan, Ph.D. is an NYC-based marriage and family therapist with over 15 years of clinical experience. Her work draws upon Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness, as well as Existential and Psychodynamic theory. In addition to her private practice, Dr. Vaughan acts as founder and executive director of Happy Apple®, a Midtown Manhattan psychotherapy center.

Dr. Maggie Vaughan

George Moringer

Co-Founder and CEO

George is the co-founder and CEO of tapouts. His vision is to build the future generation's Life Academy, a safe space for kids to become confident and resilient and grow. In his free time, George enjoys teaching children how to code. He studied Philosophy and Communication Sciences at the University of Vienna.

George Moringer

Dr. Wolfgang Baier

Co-Founder

Wolfgang is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Luxasia, the largest luxury omnichannel distribution platform in Asia Pacific. Previously he was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Post and a McKinsey partner.

Dr. Wolfgang Baier

Pooranan Balasubramanian

CTO

Pooranan is a passionate technology leader accomplished in building scalable, secure software products at speed. He brings over two decades of experience in building and operating complex software products. He focuses on great user experience through well thought out designs and using the right tools and technologies.

Pooranan Balasubramanian

Tom Warias

Director of Operations

Tom is the Director of Operations at tapouts. He has over 15 years of experience in management consulting and e-commerce, working on projects across the world. With operational excellence at the forefront, Tom seeks to elevate the tapouts experience for each child and parent.

Tom Warias

Leonard D. Etscheit, MBA

Operations Analyst

Leo was born in Düsseldorf, Germany and educated in Switzerland and Hawai'i. After earning an MBA from the HULT Business School in San Francisco, he joined tapouts to manage day-to-day operations. Leo strives to bring operational excellence to tapouts to ensure the company can help kids build confidence and resilience for a better and healthier future.

Leonard D. Etscheit, MBA

Bronwyn

Coach

Bronwyn is a certified youth life coach with a master's degree in education and psychology with 30 years of teaching children. She has devoted her life to educating, empowering, and motivating kids to live their best lives.

Bronwyn

Carol

Coach

Carol is a certified youth life coach. She's worked with children for more than 25 years as a master taekwondo instructor, a teacher's aide, a Boy Scout and a Girl Scout leader, and a Gymboree Play & Music teacher.

Carol

Julienne

Coach

Julienne is a certified youth life coach in NY and she has a background in Psychology. She has worked with children in different capacities for over 10 years. She currently teaches Leadership and Life Skills to children as well as volunteers as a Boy Scout leader.

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Victoria

Coach

Victoria is a youth life coach and has been working with kids for over 15 years. Her mission in working with kids and families is to promote resilience through confidence, communication, and connection. Victoria is a mom to 5 kids and lives in Colorado.

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Adam

Coach

Adam is a veteran elementary school teacher with over 30 years of experience. He holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree in education. Adam resides in Pennsylvania with his family and enjoys spending time with them.

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Michelle

Coach

Michelle is a passionate holistic educator and whole person advocate. She brings a wealth of experience teaching children of all ages including working as an English tutor to youth in international contexts. Michelle lives in the United Kingdom with her family.

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FAQ

What people are saying.

Like the research, we're not biased. See what people are saying.

I learned to keep a positive attitude through the rough times.

Lilo

Seattle, WA

tapouts encouraged our family to talk together about growth mindsets and to encourage each other.

Christopher

Singapore, SG

It is possible to have a growth mindset even if you are upset.

Xavier

Austin, TX

I learned that you should always try to approach challenges with a positive mindset.

Noor

Los Angeles, CA

I learned how to help calm down emotions. This helped me because I was able to focus better on different things.

Hazel

Los Angeles, CA

One thing I learned today is that if you just focus and think about your five senses you can think about a place that you feel safe in and that helps you to have a positive mindset.

Paul

White Plains, NY

That when you ever have ANTS in your head then just think to yourself I can do this I got this.

Edison

Los Angeles, CA

I learned that there are a lot of different things different people feel when they are having strong emotions.

Priscilla

McKinney, TX

My daughter is extremely shy and negative thoughts sometimes overwhelm her. With tapouts, she learned to reverse the negative and make it a positive.

Sarah

Phoenix, AZ

How emotions affect your performance and replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts help.

Weston

Jacksonville, FL

It is not easy to find ways to engage teens in conversations about stress management. The virtual platform makes it easy to fit into a busy schedule.

Erica

Santa Monica, CA

Swat negative emotions away like ants, and have a growth mindset.

Luca

Singapore, SG

I learned to surround myself with an unwinding environment for myself to relax and calm myself down when I'm in a bad mood.

Nadia

Carrollton, TX

I learned that our emotions can affect our performance. I learned that even superheroes have mentors or people they look up to and that we can learn from others.

Sylas

Brooklyn, NY

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The best investment for your child's future.

Our programs are designed to build emotional intelligence, resilience, and confidence in children through weekly group coaching sessions.

It's all fun and gains.

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*Billed every 4 weeks.