Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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He gets home from school and immediately asks for Roblox. I've tried limiting it to weekends but he gets angry and sulks for hours. His mom is softer on it than me so that doesn't
His friends all have phones and he's asking for one for his birthday. I'm torn because on one hand he's more responsible than some kids but on the other hand I know how much time k
We finally got our 6yo and 9yo to understand the screen time limits without too much pushback. Started using a reward system where they get 30 mins and if they don't complain about
Thinking about getting my 10yo daughter an iPhone 13. She's in a group chat with school friends and keeps feeling left out because everyone else has one. We're thinking of using Sc
My 5 year old watches YouTube Kids and I've noticed some of the recommended videos are getting pretty strange lately. Like, they start innocent enough with nursery rhymes but then
My kid is begging for a gaming PC because all his friends have one. I get it, but I'm worried about the money and also about screen time getting out of control. He promises he'll b
Got my 12yo their first iPhone and I want to lock it down properly without being crazy about it. Tried Apple's built in Screen Time but it feels clunky. Someone mentioned OurPact o
My 13 and 15 year old are way more into gaming and YouTube than Instagram or TikTok. Like they have accounts but barely post. I keep waiting for the social media drama everyone tal
He literally wants to play it every second he's not at school. I started limiting it to weekends only but now he's sneaking to his friend's house just to play there. His grades are
My 10yo is obsessed with fortnite. He wants to play constantly and I'm trying to set boundaries but it feels like every kid his age is playing it so he feels left out when he can't
Found out my 12yo had been watching some pretty inappropriate content on youtube while I thought he was watching gaming videos. I feel like I failed here. We had the talk about it
Wife and I are fighting about screen time. She lets our daughter use the ipad way more than I'm comfortable with. Daughter gets absolutely unglued when we take it away. We don't ha
Apple Screen Time is garbage, my kids know how to get around it. Looking for something that actually prevents them from bypassing it. We use Samsung tablets and iPhones so need som
My 13 year old has his face in his phone 24/7. I took it away for a week and it was like living with an angry alien. He just sat in his room sulking. I gave it back because the pea
My 6 year old wants to watch youtube all day and my wife and I keep fighting about limits. I think 1 hour a day is reasonable but some days she gets 2 or 3 because we're tired and
Was looking at his tablet for something and noticed he's been in Discord chats with random people. He says they're just talking about Minecraft but I have no idea if that's true. N
During lockdown we were lenient because what else were they gonna do, right? Now two years later my 11 year old basically lives on YouTube and gaming. We've tried cutting it back b
He says all his friends have one and can play together after school. I'm not against gaming but I'm worried about the rabbit hole here. Currently he's got limited iPad time and it'
We allow it because all the kids use it but lately I've been scrolling through his FYP when he leaves his phone around and there's some inappropriate content sneaking in there. Not
I didn't know he even had Discord. Freaked out and grounded him but now I'm paranoid and also realize I have no idea what he's doing online. We've never had a real conversation abo