Background
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UK COVID-19 mitigation strategies (eg, extended joint confinement, social isolation, and homeschooling) presented families with unprecedented challenges [Providing parents with advice and support can reduce children’s conduct and emotional problems [The focus for each booster and the parenting challenge it was designed to address were originally selected from a larger library of parent training program content [We further sought information about parenting support needs through a short anonymous questionnaire completed by parents and carers (eg, grandparents). Responses to the questionnaire identified four key features that should be included in the app: (1) downloadable text resources, (2) videos with parenting tips, (3) expert advice and information on how to apply this advice, and (4) experiences shared by other parents. We also conducted 2 web-based focus groups with parents of young children to better understand their views on how support needs could be addressed by the app. These groups indicated that the app should help parents understand why their children behave in a certain way. It should also provide reassurance that all parents struggle at some point when raising a child and many face similar parenting challenges. Parents have asked for tools to help them deal with difficult behaviors and provide a demonstration of how to use these tools in practice. As a parent said, “apps are all about...well...application.” Focus group discussions indicated that content should be snappy and engaging and provided in lay language and by people parents can relate to. Finally, the app should be accessible (eg, videos should have captions) and use visual tools (eg, cartoons and props) to explain any difficult concepts.As a result of this co-design work with parents, the The 