Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My son has been asking to play on the iPad more and I feel like every parent group I'm in has a different opinion. Some people say none, some say hours. We're doing about 30 mins o
Just got my 7 year old a Switch for his birthday and want to make sure he's not downloading random stuff or playing games I haven't approved. I set up a parental controls account b
Honestly I need 30 minutes of peace to make dinner without a kid hanging on my leg. I put on some educational YouTube or let them play a tablet game and it's a game changer. I feel
He's begging for one and literally every other kid in his class seems to have one. I'm torn because I want him to fit in socially but I also don't want him doom scrolling through T
We've been doing like 2-3 hours on weekends and I know that's bad. School's been insane, I've been working more, and honestly the pandemic got us into bad habits that we haven't br
So my 10 year old somehow cracked my Netflix password and has been watching PG-13 movies when I'm not looking. Found out because he mentioned a scene from a movie I definitely didn
Friend's kid was on Discord and got me thinking - my 11 year old wants to join voice chats with kids from his online gaming group. I don't know anything about Discord. Is it safe?
My kids were glued to iPads all summer so I finally put my foot down. Downloaded an app called Screen Time Manager and set hard limits - 2 hours on weekends, 1 hour on school days,
Got my 13yo a gaming laptop for his birthday thinking it would be good for school too. Biggest mistake ever. He's on it until midnight playing Fortnite with his friends. I've tried
Every single kid at school has TikTok now apparently and mine is the only one without it. He's begging us daily. I think he's too young and the algorithm stuff worries me but my wi
My 12 year old is gaming like 5-6 hours a day on weekends. He wakes up and immediately gets on his Switch or Xbox. We set a 2 hour limit but he just sneaks it after bedtime with he
Been working on this for months. Last week we started a no phones at the table rule and actually stuck with it. First few days were rough but now my kids are actually talking to us
I put time limits on my 13 year old's phone using Apple's built in controls. Caught him using his friend's iPad to play games when his own phone locked. He's also figured out how t
My wife thinks I'm too strict with screen time. We've been doing about 2 hours total during the day, some in the morning and some after school. I feel like that's reasonable for a
Genuine question. My kids are 10 and 13 and they seem way more anxious than I was growing up. Always worried about something. I don't think it's just me being paranoid. They're on
My oldest is getting to the age where he wants independence and privacy. I've been using Life360 to know where he is but he found out and is furious. Says I don't trust him. But he
My 9 year old wants to play Roblox literally every waking moment. Comes home from school and immediately asks. During dinner he's thinking about it. Bedtime is a fight every night.
My 14 year old is on TikTok constantly and I have no idea what she's watching half the time. I know some of it is just dancing videos but I'm concerned about the algorithm showing
My son wants to be on YouTube and Roblox basically all day. We let him have like an hour on school nights and more on weekends but he complains constantly that his friends get more
Just found out my 10 year old spent 40 bucks on in game currency through our family iPad without asking. Said he was just trying to get enough gems or whatever for a game his frien