Fruit Plus

A mobile app for Asian-American families

The Problem

While adolescence is a strained period for all children and parents, Asian-American families particularly struggle to communicate and connect due to the cultural gap between first-generation parents and second-generation adolescents.

The Solution

A mobile app that encourages Asian-American parents and children to engage in self-disclosure and have regular and meaningful conversations despite the language barrier, cultural gap, and time limitations.

Methods

Design Thinking
User Interviews
Research Synthesis
Wireframing
Prototyping
Usability Testing
Design Iteration

Tools

Figma
Canva
Miro

Empathize

Quotes from user interviews

"“There’s a limit to how we [my parents and I] express ourselves… We rarely talk about personal topics.” - 20 year old Chinese-American male

“I wish my parents would share things about their life with me. Then I would share more about myself.” - 17 year old Chinese-American female

Define

Theory of action

If we provide spaces/opportunities for self-disclosure, then parents and children will demonstrate more bilateral empathy and listen for understanding, so that parent-child bonding can increase (they will feel more connected).

Prototype and Test

Version 1

Evidence of Impact from Users

Conversations carried outside of the app: "Last night my mom and I went out for pho. Mom talked about the app and said, 'I guess you know me pretty well.'”

They learned new things about each other: "Without the app, I wouldn’t have learned that my son wants to be a therapist. I can know him better now."

More serve-and-return interactions: "Without the sentence stems, I usually won’t respond more. I used the “I agree” sentence stem and phrased it as “I think she understands my struggles."'

The Full Process

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