Here's the fuller picture of what happens behind the scenes when you create a book.

Before we generate anything. We check the photo(s) you upload and the story and character details you provide. If either contains something that shouldn't be in a children's book, we stop right there and tell you — nothing is generated, and nothing is charged. If we can't clearly see a face in a reference photo, we tell you and let you decide: swap the photo, or continue knowing that page might look a little less like the photo you uploaded.

While the story is being written. The story text is checked before it's turned into illustrated pages. If something needs adjusting, we usually fix it automatically and quietly — you'd rarely notice. If it can't be fixed automatically, we hold that part back rather than let it through.

Every single page is checked again after it's illustrated. Every page — plus the cover — is independently reviewed for things like violence, frightening imagery, nudity, or anything else that shouldn't appear in a children's book. The check is deliberately generous about ordinary kid stuff — climbing, tumbling, pretend sword fights, monsters that are obviously meant to be friendly — so it isn't flagging the normal stuff of a fun story.

A flagged page never reaches you on its own. It's held and queued for a person to look at — we don't have an automatic "clear it and move on" step for safety. Most flags turn out to be nothing, an AI being extra cautious, and in those cases we don't use alarming language with you — we just say we're double-checking that page. If a person confirms there really is a problem, you're told plainly what kind of issue it was. Either way, only that one page is affected; the rest of your book isn't held up.

Your book is private by default. It contains your child's photo and your family's story, so it's visible only to you unless you choose to share it. There's no setting that makes a book public by accident.