The app For co-parents
Build a family, your way
Looking for a platonic partner to become a co-parent with?
Connect with potential co-parents who want to have and raise a child outside of a romantic relationship, with support from a community that understands families don’t all begin in the same way.
Becoming a co-parent doesn’t have to depend on finding a romantic partner
Co-parenting is about choosing to have and raise a child with someone who shares your values, expectations and approach to parenting.
Rainbow gives you a private, supportive place to explore potential co-parenting partners, access trusted guidance and join community discussions.
If a connection feels promising, you can talk privately, take your time and explore whether your hopes and expectations for parenting align.
Is Rainbow for me?
From first thoughts to finding a potential co-parent, Rainbow gives you space to explore what becoming a parent could look like for you.
You might be:
✓ Exploring whether co-parenting could be right for you
✓ Wanting a child, or more children, without a romantic relationship
✓ Looking for someone who shares your values around raising a child
✓ Wanting to get to know potential co-parents before committing
✓ Considering conception routes including conceiving together, IVF, donation or surrogacy
✓ Looking for trusted information, community and support from others
The app that puts what’s next in your hands
Intelligent matching
Find compatible co-parents
Discover potential matches based on your preferences, goals and compatibility.
Community support
Support from people who understand
Ask questions, explore discussions and connect with others who understand.
Trusted guidance
Answers when you need them
Access trusted resources and guidance around co-parenting, fertility options and the practical considerations involved.
Private & secure
Your choice, your privacy
Choose who you connect with, when you connect and what you share.
How Rainbow works
Maddy Firth, Founder
Built around connection before commitment
Rainbow was created from founder Maddy Firth’s belief that when exploring potential routes to start a family with another person, you should have the space and time to get to know each other on your own terms.
That principle sits at the heart of co-parenting on Rainbow: find potential co-parents, talk privately, build a connection and decide together what comes next.
Your questions answered
Co-parenting on Rainbow means intentionally finding someone to have and raise a child with, without needing to be in a romantic relationship. It’s about finding a future co-parent before creating a child together, rather than one particular way of conceiving. Rainbow helps you find potential co-parents, communicate privately and take time to explore whether your values, expectations and hopes for family life align.
Intentional co-parenting, platonic co-parenting, elective co-parenting and co-parenting by choice are all terms you may see used for this type of planned family-building. People may also refer to future co-parents or parenting partners. Some academic literature also uses the term PACT, short for Pre-conception Agreement-based Co-parenting Together-apart.
Rainbow uses co-parenting as its main term, while leaving the people involved to describe their own relationship in whatever way feels right to them.
No. Rainbow is designed to help you find a potential co-parent to have and raise a child with based on shared values, not a romantic partner. Intelligent matching helps you discover people whose values, preferences and goals may align with yours. If you both choose to connect, you can talk privately and take time to get to know one another.
No, co-parents do not have to conceive a child together. Co-parenting describes who you intend to parent with, rather than how a child is conceived. Depending on individual circumstances, future co-parents may conceive together, use IVF or other fertility treatment, explore egg or sperm donation, or potentially need surrogacy.
Rainbow helps you find a potential co-parent to start or grow your family with through a personal profile and intelligent matching based on your preferences and goals. You can see compatible potential matches already using Rainbow and receive updates as new matches become available. If you both choose to connect, you can then talk privately and take time to get to know one another.
Potential co-parents should discuss their values, expectations around parenting and what they each hope family life could look like. You may also want to explore practical considerations and what each person expects from a future co-parenting arrangement. Rainbow provides a private space to begin those conversations, with trusted information and professional support available as you explore your options.
No, you do not need to know how you would conceive before joining Rainbow as a potential co-parent. You may already know which route you would prefer, or simply know that you want to become a parent and would like to find the right person first. Depending on your circumstances, conception might later involve conceiving together, fertility treatment, donation or surrogacy.
Yes, you can talk privately with a potential co-parent on Rainbow once you both choose to connect. If you find someone you would like to know better, you can send a secure connection request and, if they accept, begin messaging privately. This gives you time to get to know each other before deciding whether you want to take the connection further.
If you and a potential co-parent decide you want to become parents together, your next steps will depend on your circumstances and chosen route to conception. This could involve conceiving together, fertility treatment, egg or sperm donation, or surrogacy, alongside appropriate legal, medical or other professional guidance.
Rainbow helps you connect and access information, but the decisions remain yours.
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