Season One · The Father
He loved her. He just never learned how to teach her.
“I don’t ask you because you never teach me.”
Nila, sixteenSeason One
A daughter grows up with a father who gets angry instead of patient — and slowly decides to stop asking him for anything.
A red bicycle, a Saturday morning, and a father who already told you how.
Pancakes, homework and a drawing. Every time she asks, he gets impatient.
A broken radio. A photograph. A boy who learned that mistakes are weakness.
She does everything herself now. Then one night, something breaks.
Three days after the accident, there's a note on the kitchen table.
How it plays
Every episode has small everyday things you actually do — and they go wrong in very human ways.
The family
Short-tempered, impatient, protective in his own way. He loves his daughter. He has no idea how to show it.
Seven, then ten, twelve, sixteen. She wants his approval — and slowly learns to stop asking for it.
Raised by a father who treated every mistake as weakness. He swore he'd be different.
Two generations
The same activities return in Season Two. What changes is who stays beside the child.
Get up.
Are you okay? Let's try again.
The story continues
Twenty years later, Nila has a daughter of her own. And one morning, she hears her father’s words in her own voice.
Go to Season Two →About
Standing Beside You is a two-season interactive drama about a daughter raised by a father who loved her but never learned how to teach her — and who, years later, hears his words come out of her own mouth.
There are no villains here and nothing supernatural. Just a family, a red bicycle, and the slow work of doing it differently.
Content note: depicts a parent's anger and harsh words toward a child, and a small kitchen fire. No violence. Progress and choices are saved only in your browser.