Carry them up to bed
Even when they can walk. One night will be the last time without you knowing — make every night a good candidate.
1 minute
A question from a five-year-old
How many summersuntil they’re big?
Short films about the years we almost miss — and a free way to count the ones you have left.
They don’t stay little.
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Count your summers.
Add your kid’s birthday. We count what’s left before they turn 18 — summers, weekends, bedtime stories. It runs on your device; nothing is sent anywhere.
A childhood at home has 18 summers. Add a birthday to see how many are still ahead — and one small thing to do with this week.
Real words
What 2,922 parents and kids said.
We went through 243,770 comments under 334 YouTube videos about busy parents and kids who grow up fast, read the 20,000 most-liked, and kept 2,922 that said something true. Here are five, word for word.
243,770comments under 334 videos about busy parents
20,000of the most-liked, read
2,922kept, because they said something true
I still hold my 9 yo like that. We both love it. I told him I will hold him till I can’t.
My high school wrestler son still kisses me goodnight. That makes me feel like a rock star.
Flying the 767 took me away at least half the month. Not worth it in the end. My current job doesn’t pay as much but I’m here!
the most i remember about my childhood is not the things he bought me, its the time we spent together.
He told me “You can make money every day, you can’t make your childhood again.”
Public YouTube comments, quoted word for word (some shortened), without names.
Free, starting this week
Five tiny rituals that fit around work.
In the comments, grown-up kids almost never mention gifts or big trips. They remember small things that happened every week. None of these needs a free afternoon — just a fixed time.
Crooked braids
Learn one hairstyle badly and do it every school morning. They won’t remember how it looked — they’ll remember your hands.
5 minutesSaturday breakfast
Same day, same pancakes, phone in another room. It isn’t the breakfast that matters; it’s that you showed up every week.
20 minutesLast-day-of-school ice cream
Pick them up yourself on the last day and say “Happy summer.” A tradition is just a small promise you keep every year.
30 minutesThe 20-second hug
Long enough to count. Teenagers roll their eyes — and stay anyway.
20 seconds
@fewsummers
The films.
One short film a day on Instagram. A dad who builds things, a girl with a yellow flower, and the moments in between.
Coming soon
Small kits, coming soon.
Each one solves one small problem for five dollars or less. Tell us which one you want: you’ll get its launch email and tiny rituals now and then.
Summers Left Poster
$3For when “they grow up so fast” stops meaning anything.
Your kid’s 18 summers as a print — the ones gone and the ones ahead, with their name. For the fridge or the wall above your desk.
Not out yet · price may change52 Tiny Rituals
$5For “I want to be there more, I just don’t know what to do.”
One small ritual a week for a year, most under ten minutes, built to fit around a full workday. Printable cards and a phone version.
Not out yet · price may changeAgent Hours
$5For builders stuck in “just one more prompt.”
CLAUDE.md and prompt templates for long agent runs, stop rules for a session, and 30 ten-minute games to play while the agent works.
Not out yet · price may change
The series
About Few Summers.
Few Summers is a series of short animated films about the moments we almost miss: a kid asking to play, a laptop that stays open, a summer that goes by while we ship.
Every film is made in a small hand-built valley, frame by frame. No guilt trips — just one small thing you can do tonight.
Made by Przemysław Filipiak, AI Product Engineer & Content Creator. Follow the films on Instagram.