Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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Anyone know of good summer coding camps for middle schoolers (specifically interested in game dev)? My 12yo has been into Scratch and YouTube tutorials and wants to actually learn
Looking at Scratch, Code.org, Coddy, and probably 10 others. He's interested but I don't want to drop money on something he'll use twice. Has anyone had real success with these? Do
Every time we're at the park she's narrating her life like she's filming content. 'Hey guys today I'm gonna go down the slide' and then she looks around waiting for reactions. It's
Took the family to a cabin in Vermont last month with basically no WiFi and limited cell service. First two days were ROUGH - the kids were bored and restless. But by day 4-5? My 8
Thought I'd share something positive lol. My two boys (8 and 11) have been playing together on a realm and honestly it's been great. They collaborate, problem-solve, they're actual
OK so this sounds extreme but hear me out. My 15yo was basically a zombie attached to his iPhone. Grades were tanking, he'd stay up til 2am doom-scrolling, constantly anxious. I su
So my son just discovered Roblox and suddenly he wants to play literally every waking moment. He's spending like 2-3 hours a day on it, which I know is way too much for a 2nd grade
Wasn't sure if he'd be into it but we spent like 2 hours on Saturday morning doing the Scratch tutorials and he made this little game where a cat chases a mouse around the screen.
This is more of a rant but ngl the 15-second video thing is RUINING their attention spans. My 7yo will watch like 200 shorts in a row and I genuinely don't think his brain is proce
Been using Apple Screen Time + some additional filters and honestly it's been the least confrontational way to manage things with my 13yo. The key for us was involving her in SETTI
Okay so my son discovered YouTube shorts like 3 weeks ago and now he's literally watching the same 15-second clips over and over. Like the same ones. I set a 30 min limit per day b
Our oldest just turned 10 and his friend group is starting to have group chats. He's asking for a phone so he can be included. We're leaning towards waiting until 12-13 but curious
So yeah. That was fun to discover. The official one we know about has like 40 followers and bland posts. The hidden one has hundreds of followers and he's... actually kind of funny
So a few months ago I posted about signing my son up for a coding class thinking it'd get him off screens. Turns out he just wanted more screen time lol. He hated the class, said i
Been a months-long negotiation but we FINALLY got him genuinely interested in joining the local rec league. Started with limiting gaming to weekends only last fall, then made a dea
Has anyone else noticed more weird stuff making it through YouTube Kids' filters? Used to feel pretty safe but last month my 4yo managed to watch like 5 minutes of some bizarre cha
Got my 5yo daughter on YouTube Kids last month thinking it was all curated and safe. WRONG. Found her watching some weird "surprise egg" video where the thumbnails were borderline
Okay so my 14yo has been watching YouTube coding tutorials for like 8 months and he never mentioned it to us. Found out because he got frustrated one day and asked me for help (whi
Walked by my 9yo's room yesterday and saw something on his screen that looked... off. Some "family friendly" video with weird animations that seemed designed to creep kids out or t
Been trying to enforce 1 hour max on school nights for my 11yo but honestly it's become a battle every single evening. He goes on about how all his friends get more time, the negot