Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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So I set up pretty tight parental controls on my son's iPad using a password only I know. Thought I was slick. Found out yesterday he's been watching YouTube videos about how to by
We use Google Family Link but I'm wondering if we're missing out. Looking at Bark, Net Nanny, and Qustodio. Family Link is free which is nice but feels kinda limited compared to wh
Everyone's always like 'balance tech and outdoor play' but realistically? If I make screens totally off-limits my kid sneaks them. If I say yes to everything he becomes a zombie. T
So my youngest was watching something on YouTube (I was in the room) and one video ended and the recommended video auto-played. He literally said "oh the algorithm is doing it agai
Okay this might sound silly but hear me out. For MONTHS we've been trying to get him off the Switch. Today he literally said "can I go to the park instead?" and meant it. Not becau
My 15yo has been gaming 5-6 hours a day after school and on weekends. It's affecting his sleep, his grades dropped, and he gets ANGRY when we try to limit it. I've tried everything
This is getting ridiculous. He's grinding through Valorant and Fortnite pretty much every hour he's not in school or sleeping. I know some gaming is normal but this feels excessive
Getting conflicting info. Some parents swear by it, others say it's still full of weird stuff that slips through. We're thinking of getting it for our 5yo since she's been watching
lol so my 7yo has discovered the shorts feature and now every time I pick him up from school he's like 'did you see that 30 second video about slimes???' I set it to a 30 min limit
My son just turned 6 and discovered YouTube Kids. Now it's ALL he wants. Every time we're in the car, waiting at the doctor's office, literally anywhere with downtime he's asking f
Been using it for about 6 months now with my 10 and 12 year old. Can see what they're downloading, set app limits per app (not just total screen time which I liked), bedtime schedu
Honest question: on days when I'm working from home, I let my 4 and 6 year old watch YouTube Kids for like an hour so I can actually focus on calls. I feel guilty about it but also
Just a heads up—we let our 8yo watch cartoons on Freevee and apparently there's ZERO parental controls on most of the content. He somehow ended up watching a preview for a horror m
Real talk - I spent way too long feeling guilty about my kids watching TV or playing games. But then I realized: My 9yo learned actual coding skills from YouTube My 6yo's reading
Yeah. Reddit. I asked what he was reading and he got all defensive but turns out he was on the gaming subreddits and minecraft communities. I mean... it could be worse? But I didn'
So my 12yo plays Minecraft with a regular squad and I was worried about the whole "talking to strangers online" thing. But honestly? He's been playing with the same 4-5 kids for li
We got rid of our WiFi password and made it physical. You have to go ask one of us to give you the password if you want to use WiFi (phone data is separate and they have limits on
So my son Marcus keeps begging to play Roblox like all his friends at school. I've read some scary stuff online about predators in games but I also don't want to be the dad who ban
Pulled the trigger and got her an iPhone for her birthday. She's in 5th grade and pretty much everyone else has one. I set up Screen Time, enabled iCloud Family, and put some apps
My 14yo boy plays Fortnite like 4-5 hours on weekends and maybe 1.5 hours on school nights. He's done with homework and keeps grades up (mostly B's), but man... the kid is GLUED to