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Household composition.
You can tell ConKarma how your household is composed (single parent, two parents, multi-generational, blended, chosen family, etc.) so suggestions land in shape. Declaration is multi-select; decline-to-state is first-class; the app never labels your family for you. This article covers what we adapt, friends-of-cell scoping, the COPPA pattern, and what we deliberately don’t do.
Household composition lets you tell ConKarma how your family is structured — single parent, two parents, multi-generational, blended, chosen family, and more — so its suggestions land in shape. The declaration is multi-select, so a cell can choose more than one tag, like blended and multi-generational together. Decline-to-state is first-class and equal, and a new cell starts unset, working fine at a more general baseline.
With a declaration set, activity suggestions, Themed-Night manifests, daily questions, and Family Coach prompts shift gently and reversibly to match. The app never labels your family for you — it won't call you a "nontraditional family" — and your composition is never visible to other cells.
What we adapt
Activity suggestions, Themed-Night manifests, daily questions, and Family Coach prompts shift to match. A “date-night with the other parent” card doesn’t surface in a single-parent cell. A “grandma’s recipe” prompt surfaces in cells with declared grandparent involvement. The shifts are gentle and reversible; nothing is locked.
Multi-select declaration
A cell can declare more than one composition tag — “blended” and “multi-generational” together, for example. Decline-to-state remains first-class and equal. The default for a new cell is unset; the app works fine without any declaration (suggestions land at a more general baseline).
Friends-of-cell scoping
When a friend-of-cell visits (a friend invited to a shared challenge or an out-of-cell trusted-adult helper), the visit brief lists the cell composition in plain language at the level the cell chose to share. Many cells share “we’re a multi-generational household” without listing specifics.
COPPA pattern
Kid accounts inherit the cell’s composition framing; the kid doesn’t separately declare household composition (it’s a cell-level fact, not a per-user identity field). Visibility to siblings and cell-mates follows the cell’s sharing choice.
What we deliberately don’t do
No ad targeting based on household composition (we don’t target ads anyway — see /promises Promise #1 and the AdMob notes in /privacy). No retention scoring against composition. No platform-initiated labeling (we won’t tell you you’re a “nontraditional family”). No cross-cell visibility of your composition. No safety-critical feature gating based on composition. Hard-delete via /privacy.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to declare my household type?
No. The default for a new cell is unset, and the app works fine without any declaration — suggestions just land at a more general baseline. Decline-to-state is also a first-class, equal option.
Can my cell be more than one type?
Yes. The declaration is multi-select, so a cell can declare more than one composition tag — for example "blended" and "multi-generational" together.
What will a visiting friend or helper see about my household?
Their visit brief lists the cell composition in plain language at the level your cell chose to share. Many cells share something general like "we're a multi-generational household" without listing specifics.
Does my child declare their own household composition?
No. Composition is a cell-level fact rather than a per-user identity field, so kid accounts inherit the cell's framing. Visibility to siblings and cell-mates follows the cell's sharing choice.