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3 year old daughter is obsessed with screens and it's driving my wife crazy. We need to let her watch something while we prep dinner without it being pure garbage. What educational
Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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3 year old daughter is obsessed with screens and it's driving my wife crazy. We need to let her watch something while we prep dinner without it being pure garbage. What educational
I told my kids no phones until high school. That lasted until my 10 year old needed to coordinate with friends for soccer. Now he has a basic iphone and I'm paranoid constantly. Mo
Thinking about getting my son a kids smart watch so he can call us when he needs to. He's starting to want more independence but I'm not ready for a full phone yet. Anyone have exp
Not even joking. I set up screen time limits and my 11 year old figured out how to bypass them. He's been playing Fortnite way more than he should. I should probably be impressed b
We're trying to be reasonable about this but honestly some days I just need the kids to be occupied so I can get stuff done. My 5 year old gets maybe 90 minutes of tablet time on s
My 13 year old is getting pretty deep into gaming. It's all he wants to do after school. I've tried talking to him about balance but it just turns into a fight. He says all his fri
My 9 year old keeps asking for Robux. I've told him no like a hundred times but now he's asking for them as a birthday present. All his friends play it and he feels left out withou
I let my 4 year old watch YouTube Kids for maybe 20 minutes while I cook dinner. Most of it is fine but randomly it recommends some pretty strange content. Anyone else notice this?
Guys I need advice. My son comes home from school and immediately asks for Roblox. I set a 1 hour limit but he literally has a meltdown when time is up. I feel like the worst dad e
My 12 year old daughter has TikTok and I've been looking at what the algorithm is feeding her. Some of it is just dance videos and whatever but I'm seeing a lot of content about bo
Small victory but wanted to share. Got my two kids (6 and 10) to agree to a gaming schedule where they can earn extra console time by reading. Been doing it for 2 weeks and it's ac
Just wanted to say that moving all the kids to one family plan with screen time limits built in has been a game changer. Can actually see what apps they're using, set bedtime cutof
I was looking through his iPad for something and discovered he's on Discord talking to kids I don't know. He tried to tell me it's just gaming friends but I'm not comfortable with
So my son literally wakes up and asks for Roblox before breakfast. I set a 1 hour limit on school days and he loses it every single time. Yesterday he was crying saying all his fri
I know everyone says less screen time is better but my 10yo has been using Khan Academy and these math apps and his grades have legitimately improved. His teacher even mentioned it
Was doing routine computer maintenance and saw Discord installed. He's been using it to chat with friends from school which seems harmless but also he's in some gaming servers with
We got an iPad for learning apps and educational stuff but my 6 year old figured out how to get to YouTube Kids within like 2 days. He'd rather watch those weird unboxing videos th
My daughter got a phone 3 months ago and it was fine, but the last month she's on TikTok like 4 hours a day. She's supposed to have screen time limits but keeps finding workarounds
My 9 year old spent $47 on Robux last week without asking. I thought I had purchase restrictions set up but apparently not. Now he wants to spend more money on skins and games. Is
Not gonna lie, I was skeptical but we started a no phones at the table rule and made it fun by asking everyone weird questions instead. My 10yr old actually talked about his day wi