Kids were never meant
to grow up indoors.
The older kids on your block lead the middle schoolers through real days — outside, off screens, for real. The neighborhood, switched back on.
Pick your path
What's a hang?
A hang is built around one host's real skill — run as a real experience, not open-ended supervision.
Custom
One-off or recurring — built around the host's skill and what the group needs.
Half day
e.g. 9–12: skill block + one activity.
Full day
e.g. 9–3: morning skill block → kids cook lunch together → afternoon adventure or game → free play to close.
Multi-day
A themed run that builds day to day — full weeks or recurring after-school blocks.
Structure that makes room for the unstructured.
Hoops & Conditioning
Drills, pickup games, cook lunch. (The athlete.)
Smashburger Lab
Knife skills, run the grill, cater a backyard "service." (The cook.)
Make Your Case
Public speaking, argue a fun mock trial, present to the group. (The debater.)
Dungeon Masters
Learn to run a campaign, build a world, collaborate. (The game-runner.)
City Quest
BART to Chinatown as a scavenger hunt, with a budget and a get-there-and-back challenge. (The adventurer.)
What Block Hangs is
Real work, real pay
A first paid gig and a taste of what work actually feels like.
Real role models
Younger kids look up to the teens on their block, not strangers on a screen.
Off screens, onto the block
Something real to walk to, with people they actually know.
How it works
For parents
- 1. Find a hang on your block built around something your kid is into.
- 2. Pick the days that work and sign up your kid in under a minute.
- 3. Walk them over. Pay the host directly when the hang wraps.
For hosts
- 1. Pitch a hang around what you're already great at — sport, skill, hobby.
- 2. Get a neighbor to vouch for you and pick your days and rate.
- 3. Show up, run the hang, and get paid by the parents in cash or Venmo.
Hangs near you
See all →From the block.
"There are so many teenagers who don't have time for a full-time job but could find time to do something cool."
mock trial · heading to Michigan
"I didn't try to make it feel like a camp. It was more of just hanging out with them. They had an open mind, we all connected, and it was a great time."
Host · heading to Williams College
"You take risks, you respect each other, you look out for each other."
on what makes a hang work
The Host Code
Your host isn't winging it. Every host learns the Host Code before their first hang — it's what makes them more than a babysitter.
- · Look out for each other
- · Take real risks, stay safe
- · Phones away, presence on
- · Respect what each kid is into
- · You set the vibe — keep it positive
- · Get every kid's number, earn every parent's trust
Trust & safety
Every host is a real neighbor, vouched for by another neighbor by name before any hang goes live, and hosts under 18 need a parent or guardian to sign off. Hangs happen at the host's home, a nearby park, or a spot the parents know — and parents handle drop-off, pickup, and payment directly. We share contact info between matched families, never broadly, and you can pull your kid from any day with one tap.
Ready to go?