Should I let my 13 year old have Instagram?
He's been asking for months and says all his friends have it. I'm worried about the toxic stuff and predators honestly. I've heard about parental controls but I'm not great with te
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Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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He's been asking for months and says all his friends have it. I'm worried about the toxic stuff and predators honestly. I've heard about parental controls but I'm not great with te
My wife and I have been arguing about this. She thinks an hour of iPad time before bed is fine, I think it messes with his sleep. He gets maybe 30 mins at school for computer class
He's up til midnight most nights gaming instead of sleeping and his grades are slipping. I set limits but he just sneaks around them. We took his console away last week and now the
My 12 year old is obsessed. He's been begging for a better computer to play it on and saying everyone at school plays it. I checked it out and the game itself seems okay but I'm wo
We do an hour a day which feels reasonable but my kids act like the world is ending when the timer goes off. They sneak tablets into their rooms, hide their devices, the whole thin
He says all his friends have one and honestly some of them do. I'm not ready for this yet but my wife thinks we should get him one with limits on it. What age did you guys let your
She gets maybe 2 hours on weekdays and suddenly she's acting like we're torturing her when it's time to stop. She'll cry, throw stuff, the whole thing. I know we probably need to c
Started playing Minecraft with my 6 and 9 year old on weekends and it's honestly been great. We build stuff together, they get creative, I'm not just staring at them while they pla
I let my son watch maybe 30 minutes of cartoons in the morning before daycare and sometimes we'll do a movie on the weekend. My mom says I'm being too restrictive but other parents
Some of the stuff that gets recommended to kids on YouTube is absolutely wild. He was watching some dude doing weird challenges that were definitely not age appropriate. I've now l
Started playing Minecraft with my 11 year old son and honestly it's become our thing. We build stuff together, he tells me about his day while we're playing, and he's teaching me a
She's 13 and discovered I had Bark on her phone. Felt like such a creepy dad moment but also I found some concerning stuff - random dudes trying to add her on Instagram, some older
My 9 year old comes home and goes straight to his room to play Roblox with his friends. Says all his friends are on there and if he doesn't play he'll miss out. I've been limiting
Kid's 10 and asking for a phone like everyone else in his class supposedly has. I'm skeptical that EVERYONE has one but also don't want him to feel left out. Wife says 12, I'm thin
My 12 year old is now old enough that all his friends have phones and he was basically the only one without one. We got him an iPhone and set it up with Screen Time limits and I'm
My son gets one hour on weekends, nothing on school nights except maybe 20 mins of educational stuff on fridays. All my friends think I'm insane. Their kids are on tablets constant
We thought YouTube Kids would be safer and educational. Started with like 30 mins a day of actual learning content. Now three months later he's watching garbage toy unboxing videos
Finally did it. No more iPads at the dinner table and honestly it's been amazing. First week was rough, the kids complained constantly. But now we're actually talking and laughing
I thought YouTube Kids was supposed to be safe but my 5yo is somehow finding videos that are honestly pretty inappropriate. There's stuff about weird pranks and clickbait thumbnail
My son has been asking for a gaming PC for months now. All his friends have one and he says he's being left out. I'm torn because I don't want him staring at a screen 24/7 but I al