Fullerly60%
of US parents who work full time think they spend too little time with their children, and far more say this is because of work than anything else.
Why I built Fullerly · an interactive story
Bedtime keeps starting without me.
Reina is seven. Sophie is five.
About three minutes. Scroll at your own pace, or press play and let it tell itself. Narrated by an AI clone of my voice, made with my consent. Times and scenes are illustrative.
7:00 pm
I'm Yichen. I build AI front desks, so businesses can answer customers at any hour.
At home, I kept missing bedtime.
7:48 pm
Work calls run past bedtime.
Incoming: Work
8:05 pm
Then one of them asks:
"Are you working again?"
What do you say?
Another evening, 7:15 pm
When I am home, my body is there. My head is still at work.
8:20 pm
Try it: "just one more email."
0 sent · bedtime left: 20 min
If you felt that, you are not the only one.
59%
of US parents who work full time take care of work tasks while they are with their children.
68%
of US parents of children under 18 say they are at least sometimes distracted by their phone when spending time with their children.
Large surveys of parents in the United States. Your "that's me too" stays on your device; we do not record it.
The obvious answer is to work less. Meanwhile, I asked a different question:
If I can't always be there, can my voice be?
A sample week of evenings, full of work. Tap a meeting to hand that moment to your voice.
MonTueWedThuFri6 pm7 pm8 pm9 pm
0 moments where they still hear you
So I built Fullerly Family
Kids tap a big button and hear lines their parent approved, in that parent's own voice.
Try it. These are sample lines in my AI voice clone. In Lines mode, a parent approves every line before it can play.
Your phone"I miss you" was pressed. Call back?
When they miss you, one button plays a message you recorded, or a line you approved.
With alerts on, your phone buzzes, so the real you can call back. That call is the point.
It doesn't replace me. It holds my place until I'm home.
It is not a babysitter or an emergency service, and it never claims to be me. In Talk mode, if a child says something that sounds like danger, it tells them to get a grown-up now and, with alerts on, tells me straight away.
Kids notice when we're gone. I wanted them to still hear me.
Your voice, even when your calendar says no.
Keep scrolling to close the laptop.
For every parent who works late.
If that sounds like your house too, Fullerly Family is free while it is in early access, by invitation. Leave your email and we will be in touch when a place opens.
Yichen
Dad to Reina and Sophie. Founder of Fullerly. October 2026.
Narration and sample lines: an AI clone of Yichen's voice, made with his consent. Illustrations: drawn for this page; Reina and Sophie are never shown.