IT support for the ones who raised you
Parentdesk gives parents an AI that troubleshoots their tech problems in plain English — and gives their kids a clean portal to track, manage, and close every ticket.
Free for one family · No credit card
Mom's portal
My problem:
"Printer says offline, tried turning off and on"
Is the printer connected by USB cable or WiFi?
Your portal
3
Open
11
Month
8
Done
Active tickets
Printer offline
AI working…
Zoom camera
Laptop fan loud
The actual situation
It's not that you mind helping. It's that the same three problems come up every week, always at the worst moment, always via a phone call where you can't see the screen and they can't find the Start button.
Sunday call
Mom calls during dinner. 'The internet went out.' It's been out for three hours.
Zoom crisis
Dad's webcam stopped working at 8:57 AM. His board meeting starts at 9:00.
Printer saga
Forty minutes of printer troubleshooting over the phone. It was out of paper.
The system
01
They click a link — no app download, no account — and describe the problem in their own words. Voice memo support coming soon.
02
The AI asks follow-up questions, identifies the likely cause, and walks them through a fix step by step. Most issues resolve here.
03
If it escalates, you see everything: device details, OS version, what the AI tried, and what's left to do. No more blind debugging.
Two portals, one family
New support request
Describe the problem in your own words:
Diagnosing — step 2 of 4
Got it. Is the printer connected by cable or WiFi? And does it show any blinking lights?
Recent tickets
3
Open
11
This month
8
Resolved
Active tickets — Mom's MacBook
2 newZoom camera stopped working
12 min ago · AI working on it
Can't open email attachment
1 hr ago
Laptop running hot
Yesterday
Internal note — visible only to you
AI couldn't resolve the Zoom issue — camera driver may need reinstall. Scheduled a call for Saturday 3pm.
"Your parents spent years figuring out your problems. The least you can do is build them a help desk."
The Parentdesk philosophy
What's inside
The AI handles first contact. You handle what the AI can't — with full context, clear priority, and tools that don't require a support background to use.
No jargon. The AI adjusts its language to match your parent's comfort level — from full technophobe to 'I once used a command line.'
See every question the AI asked and every answer your parent gave. No more 'okay but what exactly did it say on the screen.'
OS version, browser, device model — captured at ticket time. You skip the fifteen-minute 'what kind of computer do you have' call.
Assign tickets to whoever's free. Leave internal notes. Split the emotional labor of being the family's tech support with your siblings.
When Mom submits a ticket marked urgent, you find out immediately. Not three days later at Thanksgiving.
Real family situations
"My dad would call me for everything. Now 80% of tickets get resolved by the AI before I even open the app. The other 20% I actually want to help with."
Jordan M.
Software engineer, son
"Mom thought the printer was broken. Parentdesk figured out in four questions that she was printing to the wrong printer name. Saved me a three-hour drive."
Priya K.
Product designer, daughter
"Three siblings, one very tech-resistant father. We use the internal notes to coordinate. First time we've had a system that doesn't fall apart when I'm traveling."
Alex T.
Consultant, eldest child
Questions
Early access
Free for the first family workspace. No credit card. Takes about two minutes.
No spam. Cancel any time.
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