Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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Started playing Roblox with my 7 year old daughter last weekend just to see what she does all day. Dude, this kid is building entire houses and furniture while I'm still trying to
My son has been asking for a gaming PC for months. All his friends have one and he wants to play Fortnite and Minecraft with them after school. I'm worried about screen time addict
Been using YouTube Kids on my 5 year old's tablet while I make dinner and I just caught him watching some weird channel with a dude doing creepy ASMR with kids' characters. I thoug
My 6 and 8yo are literally setting alarms to wake up early and beg me for Switch time before school. I've started hiding the controllers but they keep finding them. The actual gami
Considering getting my 10yo a gaming headset so he can play with his cousins online. Good idea or bad idea? Will he just want to be plugged in all the time? Also worried about hear
Thought it would be fine since all his friends are on there. Found out some random 18yr old has been DMing him gaming tips but also asking weird questions about his school. My wife
So my kid somehow got into the parental controls settings on the iPad and turned off his own screen time limits. I have no idea how he figured it out. Now he's telling me he's "all
My 12 year old is obsessed. Won't put the controller down, ignores homework, skips dinner sometimes because he's grinding. I finally took the PS5 away for a week and he acted like
We keep the rule of max 2 hours after homework during the school year but summer just feels different. Kids are bored, it's hot, and honestly I'm tired of entertaining them constan
Honest moment here - I don't fully understand TikTok myself but I know it's addictive and probably not great for a first grader. His friend told him about it at school. I said no f
Trying to keep my kids to 1 hour of screen time on school days but it's like herding cats. Between online school assignments, homework apps, then actual entertainment, I can't even
Found out my 10 year old has spent like $47 on Robux in the past month. He says his friends have better stuff and he feels left out. I set up parental controls but he's found ways
All his friends have phones and he keeps asking. My gut says no but I feel like I'm the only parent not giving their kid one. What age did everyone else let their kids have smartph
My daughter is 12 and wants Instagram. All her friends have it apparently. I know I need to talk to her about stranger danger and not sharing personal info but I feel like I'm from
My son has been asking for more gaming time on Saturdays and Sundays. Right now he gets about 1 hour on school days and we usually let him have 2 hours split between gaming and You
Just set up Apple Family Sharing and I'm looking at Screen Time options. There's a ton of settings and I don't want to be too controlling but also want to make sure they're not dow
My 10 year old is obsessed with Roblox. Every second he's not doing homework hes asking to play. We set limits but he found out he can use his tablet too so hes sneaking games in.
Been trying to enforce a no phones rule at meals but my older kids act like I asked them to run a marathon. They say all their friends are on their phones too. Anyone had success w
Set it up for my 4yo but there are still some sketchy videos getting through sometimes. Has anyone found better parental controls? Using it on our old iPad as a backup when we need
My kids are on their tablets like 2-3 hours on weekends. I feel guilty but it gives me time to do stuff around the house and honestly everyone needs a break sometimes right? Whats