Control the Moment

Ten minutes a day works better than thirty minutes a week. Your brain doesn’t learn in one big sitting. It learns through repetition. A weekly lesson gives your kid a whole week to forget it. A daily lesson catches them before that is allowed to happen. They don’t even know that they’re learning. Scientists have known this since 1885.

Think about your own kid for a second. Our kids. Hard moments don’t wait for lessons. The skill has to already be there when it hits. It has to be instinct. That only happens when you create a habit of practice. Same with the all-star basketball players. They didn’t practice once a week. They did it every single day.

It needs to be ten minutes a day, every single school day. That’s why it was built this way. That was the intention behind the ten minute a day lesson plan.

See the full fact sheet in the comments.

We are so excited about this opportunity to share information about our curriculum!

1 in 5 American kids are struggling right now. Every one of them will be in a classroom.

Control the Moment is a K-12 universal prevention curriculum.

Ten minutes a day, taught by the teacher already in the room.

Every student learns together in their regular class.

No child is singled out or removed.

Teachers: this fits inside the class you already run.

Parents: ask your school if your child gets this every day.

School boards: approve the fall 2026 pilot. It is free for North Dakota schools.

The full fact sheet is in the comments. Please read it, share it, and send it to the people who decide what your kids learn.

Kids aren’t failing. They’re facing challenges we never prepared them for.

For generations, we taught reading, writing, math, science, and history. But very few of us were ever taught what to do when we felt overwhelmed, anxious, rejected, angry, or scared.

Today’s kids are growing up in a different world. Screens are constant. Difficult emotions can be escaped with a swipe, but they never actually disappear. When the screen turns off, the feeling is still there.

We don’t need to wait until a child is in crisis to teach the skills that could help prevent one.

Imagine if every student spent just 10 minutes a day learning how to recognize emotions, regulate their nervous system, solve problems, and respond instead of react.

That’s the goal of Control the Moment.

Our kids aren’t broken, they’re unprepared.

North Dakota has the opportunity to lead the country by making coping skills part of everyday education instead of waiting until intervention becomes necessary.

It’s time to stop asking why kids are struggling and start teaching them the skills they were never given.

This is not about blaming kids.

It is about asking why we keep waiting until a child is already in crisis before we teach the skills that could have helped them years earlier.

Coping skills are not extra. Problem-solving is not optional. Emotional regulation is not something kids magically develop because adults hope they will.

Control the Moment was built to put those skills into the classroom early, consistently, and simply.

10 minutes a day.
K-12
Free in Year 1.

North Dakota’s children deserve prevention before crisis.

Most people think a crisis begins in the moment everything falls apart.

It doesn’t.

By then, we’re responding to something that’s been building for years.

The real opportunity is much earlier. It’s giving kids the chance to practice coping before they ever need it. Just like reading, math, or sports, coping is a skill that gets stronger with repetition.

That’s why I built Control the Moment.

Ten minutes a day. No new hires. No added training burden. Just a simple, consistent routine that helps students build skills they’ll carry for life.

Prevention doesn’t happen in the emergency room. It starts in the classroom.