Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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No idea how long this has been going on. I thought he was asleep but grabbed some water and saw the glow under his door. He was watching some weird gaming streamer for hours. We to
My 10 year old has been begging to play Fortnite with his cousin and I'm not sure what to think about it. I've heard some scary stories about gaming addiction and in-game chat stuf
My kids are 9 and 11 and I feel like we're constantly battling over iPads and YouTube. We try to do 1 hour after homework but it never actually works out that way. Wife and I are o
He thought he was being sneaky but I noticed the logout on the family iPad. We had a conversation about it and he says its because he wants privacy from his mom following him. Part
Thinking about getting a bit more serious with monitoring what my kids are accessing. We've been pretty loose about it but my 10yo asked me the other day where babies come from and
Broke it too. Now he wants a new one but I'm thinking that was actually a good consequence for losing his temper like that. He's 12 and getting way too intense about gaming. Been r
Found him on Discord at 1am talking to some people I don't know. When I asked he said they were just gaming friends but I got nervous. He's not allowed on his phone after 11. Do I
My 11 year old wants to play Fortnite literally all day. On school days I limit it to weekends but he's constantly asking, complaining that all his friends can play whenever. I let
Just went to watch something and the entire recommendation algorithm is completely broken. Scrolled back and apparently my 6 and 9 year old have been creating random accounts and c
I feel like I'm constantly fighting with my kids about their tablets. My wife says I'm too strict, I think she's too loose. 9 year old is sneaking screen time, 11 year old thinks 2
Not even exaggerating. Every moment he's not in school he wants videos. Educational videos, silly videos, doesn't matter. We thought an hour limit was reasonable but he cries like
12 year old earned it through chores and school. I'm not trying to be overly paranoid but also not naive. Got him on Google Family Link. What are the apps every parent should know
My 11yo wants Fortnite like every other kid at school. I finally let him play on weekends only, max 2 hours. He's been pretty responsible about it but now hes asking for a gaming P
Need to keep track of like 50 different passwords for all my kids accounts (school, gaming, email, etc) and its becoming a nightmare. Some of them I need to monitor and some I don'
Anyone else have their kid get stuck in weird rabbit holes on YouTube Kids? My 5yo somehow went from watching Bluey to these random unboxing videos and now thats all she wants. I t
Need to vent here. My 9 year old daughter spent $40 of her birthday money on some Roblox currency and got absolutely taken advantage of by some older kids who promised them items t
So Netflix finally started enforcing the password sharing thing and now my 12 year old can't watch shows at his friend's house. Kind of annoyed because we're paying for the premium
Been trying everything to get my kids off their phones before bed. Apps, parental controls, the whole nine yards but they always find a workaround or just whine until I cave. What
Just wanted to share a win. We did a no screens week because I was tired of fighting. First few days were rough ngl. But by day 5 my kids actually started building stuff in the bac
My son keeps asking for a gaming headset so he can play with his friends online and I'm trying to find something that's not gonna destroy his hearing or cost me $200. Also want it