LittleLumin: An AI-Powered Mobile Platform for Early Childhood Development and Parenting Guidance

This paper reviews existing literature on early childhood development, digital parenting interventions, artificial intelligence-based developmental monitoring, and parenting interventions. It presents LittleLumin, an AI-powered mobile platform designed to support parents through developmental activities, parenting guidance, stories, and progress-related information. The paper discusses the platform’s technical architecture using Flutter, FastAPI, Firebase, and the Google Gemini API, along with the research gap, limitations, responsible AI use, and directions for future work.