A first-of-its-kind hourly prevention system raises important questions, and we want you to have every answer before you trust us with a teen’s wellbeing. Below you’ll find clear explanations of how our platform works, how we personalize messages, how we protect data, and how we operate within clinical, ethical, and legal best practices.

TeenBack is the first hourly prevention platform built to help teens resist three fast-rising addictions — betting, vaping, and drinking. We send short, therapeutic, behavior-timed texts directly to a teen’s phone, helping them pause, breathe, and redirect before impulses escalate.

Every text is shaped by age, time of day, addiction type, tone sensitivity, and the data the family chooses to share. Personalized details — like sports, music, clubs, goals, or hobbies — help us send messages that feel like they belong to that teen’s actual life.
No two teens get the same text.
No teen gets the same text twice.

We only need four things:

• Name
• Birthday
• Cell number
• Email

That’s it. These basics allow us to send age-appropriate, moment-specific support. Nothing invasive. Nothing unnecessary.

We invite, but never require, additional details like:

• Sports or clubs 
• Music interests 
• Academic strengths 
• Personal goals 
• Activities teens care about
   

These details allow the AI to write texts that reconnect a teen to the best parts of themselves — not the addiction pulling them away.

No. Never.
We do not track, store, sell, or share any behavioral data or addiction history.
We are a prevention platform, not a data company.

Student Shield (Free)

• 4 texts per day (8AM, 12PM, 4PM, 8PM)
   

Family Bridge ($7.99/month)

• Up to 12 texts per day 
• Discounts for multiple children 
• Parents can receive copies of all messages sent to their child 
• Parents can upgrade to additional children at 50%
   

Campus Guardian ($10.00 per student per year)

• Full 24-text hourly system
• District-level reporting (anonymous)
• Custom risk windows (sports days, finals week, holidays)
• Posters, onboarding kits, parent letters
• 24/7 escalation keywords

Three reasons:

• Teens actually read texts.
• Texts interrupt behavior instantly, unlike apps that require opening. 
• Texts don’t drain storage or attention, and don’t invite distractions the way apps do.
   

This is micro-intervention at its purest.

Yes and only the right kind. Our AI does not “chat” with teens or act as a therapist.
Instead, it analyzes:

• Time of day 
• Addiction type 
• Personal details 
• Emotional patterns 
• Risk behaviors 
• Context (weekend, school days, game days, holidays)
   

From thousands of input sources — therapy frameworks, adolescent psychology, GA/AA behavioral models, school counseling patterns — the system generates the best possible 180-character text for that moment.

Not a human, but in many ways smarter than a single human, because it draws from a massive body of collective knowledge.

Yes.
We are transparent: TeenBack is support, not a substitute for therapy.
We never pretend the messages come from a person.

Yes, 100% because:

• No data tracking
• No behavioral surveillance 
• No manipulation 
• No selling or sharing of info 
• No diagnostic claims 
• No crisis counseling
   

TeenBack helps teens pause, reflect, and redirect — nothing else.

Every text includes escalation words: PAUSE, HELP, or TALK.

• PAUSE sends grounding techniques
• HELP provides next-step resources and coping tools 
• TALK guides them to real human support, including national helplines if needed

Absolutely. Most will.
And parents can receive copies of all texts for awareness — especially with younger teens.

Because schools need:

• A comprehensive program 
• Anonymous usage reporting 
• 24-text systems (not just 4) 
• Parent-facing materials 
• Administrative safeguards 
• Coordinated delivery during school hours
   

The free tier helps a single teen.
Campus Guardian protects an entire school.

Each addiction has its own behavioral-risk signature.
TeenBack tailors messages based on:

• Fast-trigger dopamine loops (betting) 
• Habit-ritual behaviors (vaping)
• Emotional avoidance patterns (drinking)
   

One platform. Three addiction tracks. Fully personalized.

Each addiction has its own behavioral-risk signature.
TeenBack tailors messages based on:

• Fast-trigger dopamine loops (betting) 
• Habit-ritual behaviors (vaping)
• Emotional avoidance patterns (drinking)
   

One platform. Three addiction tracks. Fully personalized.

Yes — dramatically.
Saturday looks different from Tuesday.
March Madness looks different from a random week in November.
Midterms look different from summer break.

Timing is therapy.

Never.
We are early intervention and hourly prevention — the part of the timeline no one has ever addressed before.

No.
Never.
Not even optional.

Addiction doesn’t respect school hours.
Risk peaks hourly.
Triggers are hourly.
Temptation is hourly.

So our support is hourly, too.

When used as TeenBack uses it, yes, 100%.
Our system is not designed to diagnose, treat, or counsel — it’s designed to remind, steady, and interrupt harmful impulses.
It’s a micro-intervention engine, not a therapist.

One outcome:
Fewer teens lost to the digital, social, and chemical addictions taking hold younger and faster than ever.

TeenBack is prevention at a scale and speed no human system could match.