Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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Real talk, I have zero guilt anymore about letting my kids watch YouTube or play Roblox while I'm making dinner. It buys me a solid 45 minutes of peace to get a decent meal on the
I know everyone says screen time is bad but real talk - my 6 year old with anxiety actually calms down when he plays educational games. His occupational therapist even recommended
My 7 year old basically lives on his iPad now. We tried limiting it to 1 hour a day but he loses his mind when we take it away. He's not interested in anything else anymore. Is thi
So I was helping him with his laptop and saw Discord open. Started asking questions and turns out half his friend group has been on there for months. Some of these servers look pre
Let my 6 year old watch what I thought was safe content on YouTube Kids and somehow he went from Bluey to these weird robot videos that look like they're made in someone's basement
Everyone in my daughter's 7th grade class has an iPhone except her. She's 12. My wife thinks I'm being unreasonable but the research on social media and anxiety is terrifying. Hate
My son stays up until midnight playing Fortnite with his friends. I take the Switch away but then he just uses his iPad. I feel like I'm losing control here. He was getting straigh
Just started using it and wow this is eye opening. My 14 year old is hitting 6-7 hours of screen time on school days. I showed him the report and he actually seemed shocked at hims
My son wants to join Discord to chat with his friends from school. I know nothing about it. Can I actually monitor what he's doing on there? What are the actual risks we should kno
We've been doing way more iPad time since my wife went back to work. Some days the kids get 3+ hours and honestly I feel like a bad parent about it. My daughter is 6 and my son is
So my son gets home from school and immediately asks for Roblox. I let him play for like an hour most days but now he's asking for 2-3 hours on weekends. He's getting upset when I
Real talk. Once I set up a designated gaming area with actual seating and made sure WiFi was strong, my kids stopped wandering around looking for me to entertain them constantly. T
My 12 year old is begging for TikTok. I keep saying no but honestly YouTube is basically the same thing except it's longer videos. Am I being a hypocrite? He's responsible with oth
I have no idea how. Now he's downloading apps left and right. Spent an hour deleting games I've never heard of. Meanwhile he somehow enabled voice control and I just watched him de
My 8 year old would rather watch someone on YouTube play Minecraft than actually play it himself. It's weird right? He can recite whole videos. I'm not sure if this is a problem or
We started saying no screens on weekdays and honestly it's been a nightmare. My kids are bored and cranky. Wife wants to cave. But I feel like they need to be able to entertain the
My 9 year old is obsessed. He watches YouTube videos about Roblox, plays Roblox, and talks about Roblox. I set a 90 minute limit and he's constantly pushing back. Are we being too
My 8 year old was supposed to be watching something educational but I checked the history and hes watching some random unboxing channels and toy reviews which isnt bad I guess but
My son plays Fortnite with his friends online and theyre constantly in discord or whatever. Last night I heard some kid screaming profanities through the headset. I talked to him a
His friends apparently all have phones now. He says he needs one for group chats and to stay connected. I feel like this is wild for an 11 year old but maybe im just old? Were thin