Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My 13yo asked if she could join a Discord server for her gaming friend group. I said yes but honestly I have no idea what Discord even is or how to monitor it. I know there's preda
So my son Jake has been begging for Roblox for months and we finally caved. Now he's on it every single day after school, wants to spend his allowance on robux, and yesterday I cau
Looking for something for my 7 and 10 year old. I want them exposed to coding but not in a boring way. We tried Code.org at home and it felt too much like homework. Been hearing go
Unpopular opinion but I'm convinced the algorithm is designed to addict kids. Every 15 seconds a new video, easy scrolling, no friction. Compared to YouTube where you at least have
Been trying to get my 10yo interested in coding and finally found something that stuck. Code.org is completely free, has these cute little character games that teach actual logic,
My 6yo loves educational content on YouTube Kids but I keep worrying that somehow she'll find weird stuff or that the recommendations are leading her down some rabbit hole. I've go
So my 14yo daughter has TikTok (yeah I know, we tried to say no but...). Last week I borrowed her phone and scrolled through her FYP. The algorithm is WILD - it's showing her incre
Anyone send their kids to those coding summer camps? There's one in our area (Austin) that's about $400 for 2 weeks. My 9yo loves problem-solving and building things digitally. Won
Poll basically - what age and what kind? My 10yo is begging for one because apparently she's the ONLY one in her class without a phone (doubt it but whatever). I'm thinking maybe 1
Okay so my 14yo daughter was absolutely glued to TikTok - like 4-5 hours a day easy. Her grades were tanking, she wasn't sleeping, and honestly her anxiety went through the roof (I
Asking because my 11yo is the ONLY kid in his class without a phone. I'm not exaggerating. I overheard the kids talking and apparently they're all on Discord/Snapchat/whatever. I f
So I found out yesterday that my son has been waking up at like 11pm and watching YouTube on his iPad. He's been doing this for who knows how long. I thought I had parental control
He's been playing it for like 8 months and it slowly became the only thing he cares about. Turns down sports, ignores friends invites, doesn't want to do anything else. Yesterday I
My 13yo daughter was gaming online with randoms and one person asked her to move the conversation to Discord. She didn't, told us immediately, and we shut it down. She did everythi
This happened about 6 months ago and I'm still processing it honestly. 13yo thought she was talking to a kid from another school on Instagram. Turned out to be a 24yo guy. We caugh
Been noticing my 9yo (yes, she texts a bit through iMessage with family) getting random messages from unknown numbers. Nothing creepy so far, just app notifications and marketing s
My son has ADHD and online school was a nightmare for him. But we've found that certain apps actually help him focus better than traditional learning? Like Duolingo for reading, Kh
Seriously, how is this even designed for kids? My son figured out how to bypass my screen time limits somehow and spent 3 hours yesterday just scrolling through shorts. I had to ph
Everyone's always going on about "screen time bad" and "video games rotting brains" but my kids actually learned to read faster because they wanted to understand the dialog in Star
So I set a hard limit of 1 hour on weekdays for my 8yo and 10yo, right? Thought I was being the cool strict parent. Found my son hiding in the closet with an iPad last night watchi