Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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So my oldest turned 12 last month and we finally caved to the peer pressure. He's had a Pixel 7a for about 6 weeks now and honestly? It's been way less dramatic than I expected. He
Switched from Apple Screen Time to Circle at Christmas based on reviews. Total nightmare. App kept crashing, the filtering was too aggressive and blocked legitimate stuff, the inte
Been trying this for 3 weeks and honestly? It's working. No phones, no screens, just talking. The kids complained for like a week but now they actually bring stuff UP at dinner ins
Need something that: Blocks stuff automatically (porn, obvious bad sites) Doesn't feel like I'm spying Works on phone AND tablet Isn't a million bucks Tried Apple Screen Time and
So my son can do 90 mins of screen time on weekdays, 2 hours on weekends. That's gaming, YouTube, everything combined. He says literally every other kid at his school in Denver get
My 13yo's FYP has somehow become... really intense? Like one day she's on dance videos and the next day the algorithm is feeding her 'skincare routines' that are definitely targeti
Started letting my 9yo play Minecraft in Creative mode and he's legitimately learned some stuff - spatial reasoning, basic planning, how to use tutorials. But I also see posts onli
So my son wanted a 'Fortnite birthday party' which I thought meant watching him play or something. Nope. He wanted to play ONLINE with his friends while we had pizza. 10 kids stari
So our kids (5 and 7) basically lived on tablets during COVID and we never really walked it back. Over the past month we've been slowly reducing time and honestly the adjustment fo
Thinking about signing up but want to know if it's worth the money or just another way to get nickel-and-dimed. Is it actually restricting or can kids still find ways around it? Wh
Took a week vacation last month and literally forgot to pack tablets/iPads because I'm an idiot. First two days the kids were miserable. By day three my 8yo and 6yo had invented so
If anyone's looking to get their kid into coding without it being overwhelming, Scratch is legitimately great. My 8yo has been messing around with it for like 3 months now (started
Looking for recommendations that my 6yo will actually engage with instead of just mashing buttons. We've tried Khan Academy Kids (decent but boring to him), Duolingo (he got bored
My older brother sent me an article about predators on Discord and I'm genuinely freaked out now. My 12yo is obsessed with gaming and uses Discord to talk to his squad. He says it'
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