Worth getting parental controls?
My 9 year old is getting her first tablet soon. I've been looking at Apple Screen Time and some third party apps. Do you guys use parental controls? Trying to balance protecting he
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My 9 year old is getting her first tablet soon. I've been looking at Apple Screen Time and some third party apps. Do you guys use parental controls? Trying to balance protecting he
My 4 year old has figured out that if she asks enough times I'll eventually cave and let her watch YouTube Kids for an hour. I know it's bad parenting but some days I just need the
So my son and I have started playing Minecraft together on weekends. It's actually the only time he wants to hang out with me without complaining lol. He's 11 and at that age where
He's 10 and keeps asking for a phone like everyone in his grade supposedly has. I want to give him some independence and teach him responsibility but I'm also terrified of him seei
My 8 year old is obsessed with Roblox and all his friends play it. I've read some stuff online about stranger danger and in-game chat and it freaks me out a little. He says his gam
Started letting my 6yo watch YouTube Kids for 20 minutes before bed and I checked his watch history. Half the stuff recommended is not appropriate for his age at all. Switched to a
This might be unpopular here but I want to share something positive. My 9 year old is really introverted and struggled at school. Started playing Minecraft with kids from his class
My kid has been asking for more screen time on Saturdays and Sundays. Currently we do about 1 hour during the week (after homework) and I'm thinking 2 hours total on weekend days m
Okay so my 10 year old figured out how to access my payment info and spent $87 on Robux before I noticed. I'm fuming right now. Already talked to him about it but I'm looking for a
Don't want to be that invasive dad but I also want to know what my kids are doing online. They're 11 and 13. Looking for something that gives me visibility into what apps they're u
Instead of just saying no to gaming, I found a few YouTube channels where guys actually play games but talk about strategy and good sportsmanship. My kids watch those and it's way
So I'm up late working on something and I see light under my 12 year old's door. Go in and he's got his iPad watching some random dude play Fortnite and talk about skins or whateve
My son's been asking for more gaming time on Saturdays and Sundays. Right now he gets about 2 hours total across the weekend if he's done his chores and homework. My wife thinks th
So my son wakes up at 6am asking to play Roblox. We let him have 1 hour on weekends but now he's sneaking my iPad at night. I found him at midnight yesterday just playing. I tried
My daughter is 10 and I set up YouTube Kids but some of the stuff that gets through is still weird. Like there's these creators who basically just scream and do dumb stuff for 20 m
Just wanted to share something that's been helping. Instead of just saying no to screens, we set up a reward system. My 6yo and 9yo earn screen time by reading, doing chores, playi
So we went no screens before bed, no phones at dinner, and max one hour of gaming per day on weekdays. Been doing it for 3 months. Kid was mad at first but now his grades improved,
Found out he's been sneaking on his buddy's account at school. He told us he was playing Minecraft and we said okay. I looked it up and Fortnite isn't even that violent compared to
My wife thinks 30 mins a day is the max, I think an hour is reasonable on school nights. We've been going back and forth about this forever. He's begging for a Switch and I'm not s
My oldest is getting his first phone soon and I want to keep an eye on things without being that creepy dad who monitors everything. Looking for something that blocks inappropriate