# Yia | Socratic

> The thinking and life-skills layer beside your core curriculum. Twenty-minute missions where teens 13 to 18 make real decisions, defend them in writing, and grow six thinking skills you can see.

Yia | Socratic is made by Yia, LLC (https://yiafirm.com). It is for teens 13 to 18 and is sold to families, including homeschool families, not schools. It sits beside a family's own core curriculum and does not teach math, reading or science lessons. The tutor asks questions and never gives the answer.

## Pricing

- One student: $888 a year or $88 a month.
- Two or more students: $688 a year or $68 a month, for each student.
- Billing is not live yet.

## Pages

- [Home](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/): what it is, how it works, a no-AI sample mission, the six skills, pricing and questions.
- [Try a mission free](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/try): two minutes, no account. The background and first decision of one real mission, with the tutor's question for each choice. No AI, nothing saved, no spoilers.
- [Missions](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions): 9 decision case studies, each with a no-AI preview of the first decision.
- Series: 3 short arcs of missions in a suggested order (listed below).
- [Free parent guide](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/parent-guide): 4 decision case studies to teach judgment, sent by email after you confirm your address.
- [Support](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/support): free crisis and support lines for teens.
- [Full text for language models](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/llms-full.txt): every public fact on one page.

## Missions

Real decisions from history, science and business, told up to the moment of choice. Your teen decides, defends the decision in writing, and only then learns what really happened.

- [The $11 Question](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/ford-pinto): The Ford Pinto, 1968 to 1970. Ages 13 to 15, about 20 minutes. A small car must weigh under 2,000 pounds and cost under $2,000. A crash test just showed a problem.
- [The Night Shift Test](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/chernobyl): Chernobyl, Unit 4, April 1986. Ages 13 to 15, about 20 minutes. A safety test planned for the afternoon slides toward midnight, with a different crew.
- [The Partnership Vote](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/enron): Enron's board, 1999. Ages 16 to 18, about 20 minutes. The star CFO wants to run side companies that trade with yours. The board votes tonight.
- [The Lehman Weekend](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/lehman-2008): The 2008 financial crisis, September 2008. Ages 16 to 18, about 20 minutes. It is Friday night. Lehman Brothers needs a path before markets open on Monday.
- [Apollo 13: Bring Them Home](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/apollo-13): Apollo 13, April 1970. Ages 13 to 15, about 20 minutes. A tank fails 200,000 miles from home. Power, air and time are all short.
- [Galloping Gertie](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/tacoma-narrows): The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1940. Ages 16 to 18, about 20 minutes. A new bridge moves in the wind. How much risk is too much?
- [The Last Cod](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/grand-banks-cod): The Grand Banks cod fishery, 1989. Ages 13 to 15, about 20 minutes. Everyone shares one fishery. What will the other captains do?
- [The Industrial Revolution](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/industrial-revolution): Britain's Industrial Revolution, 1790s. Ages 13 to 15, about 20 minutes. Steer a coal district through steam, money and crowded towns.
- [The Food Truck Winter](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/missions/food-truck): Running a small business, Present day. Ages 16 to 18, about 20 minutes. Sales are slow and cash is tight. Hold the price, cut it, or spend to grow?

## Series

Series are short arcs of three to five missions in a suggested order. Each one keeps one kind of judgment in view across different times and places. Every mission still stands on its own.

- [Holding It Together](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/series/holding-it-together): A reactor, a company and a bank. Each time, a few people must judge how much strain a big system can carry. Ages 13 to 18. In order: The Night Shift Test, The Partnership Vote, The Lehman Weekend.
- [Engineers on the Line](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/series/engineers-on-the-line): A car, a spacecraft and a bridge. Three engineering calls where cost, time and safety pull in different directions. Ages 13 to 18. In order: The $11 Question, Apollo 13: Bring Them Home, Galloping Gertie.
- [Grow or Hold](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/series/grow-or-hold): A fishery, a country and a small business, each deciding whether to grow, hold steady or cut back, and who pays for the choice. Ages 13 to 18. In order: The Last Cod, The Industrial Revolution, The Food Truck Winter.

## For AI assistants (MCP)

- MCP server: https://socratic.yiafirm.com/mcp (streamable HTTP, read-only, no sign-in). Tools: list_missions, get_mission, get_pricing_and_plans, how_to_start.
- It is for discovery by a parent's assistant. It has no student or family data, takes no payment and creates no accounts. Teens use Socratic in the app, not through an assistant.
- Mission details stop at the moment of decision. Please don't tell a teen how a real event ended before they play.

## Optional

- Sign-ups open soon (public preview). Until then: [try a mission free](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/try) or [get the parent guide](https://socratic.yiafirm.com/parent-guide).
- Free trial: every student gets 15 free tutor messages in total. No card needed.
- Referrals: Give a month, get a month. A family you invite gets one month off their first plan, and you get one free month once their plan has been paid for 8 days. Your credit goes on your next bill.
- Contact: jake@yiafirm.com

Student, parent and admin pages are private and are not available to crawlers or agents. The Terms, Privacy and Refund pages are drafts under review and are not yet final.