Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My 10yo is becoming more independent and wants to look up random stuff on Google. Right now I'm hovering and checking what he's searching, but that feels like it's going to get old
My 13yo is pushing for Instagram now that she's "aged out of TikTok." I don't fully understand the difference and ngl I'm tired of fighting these battles. Is one actually better th
Since everyone asks, here are the ones my kids actually use without me having to force them: Duolingo - My 8yo has been doing Spanish for 3 months, actually pretty fun with the st
Genuinely asking because I feel like a dinosaur sometimes. I use Google Family Link on all three kids' devices and I actually like it? People act like monitoring is controlling but
I am NOT okay with this. Yes, our 9 and 12 year old spend too much time gaming, but a hidden camera to spy on them? I said this crosses a line but apparently I'm not "concerned eno
So my 10yo was playing some Mario Kart thing on Switch and got a friend request from someone who was "nice" in the lobby. Didn't accept it, which is good, but when I asked him abou
So my 10yo's 5th grade teacher assigned a project where kids have to create an Instagram account and post daily updates. DAILY. An Instagram account. For 10 year olds. I'm trying n
Quick question - is YouTube Kids actually decent for filtering stuff or should I just avoid YouTube altogether for my 6yo? We use it mostly for educational stuff (like science chan
So we got that Netflix email about the password thing and it's annoying because my parents use our login. Trying to figure out if we just pay the extra $7 or switch to Disney+ or w
So my 15yo has both and I'm trying to understand which one I should actually worry about more. Instagram seems more about feeds and curated posts (which is its own mental health th
Looking for: Math practice (not Khan Academy, my 8yo hates it) Reading/vocabulary building Maybe something with a little fun factor so he'll actually use it Prefer no ads or at lea
Been looking at Code.org and some of those summer coding camps in the Denver area. My 11yo is interested but I can't tell if it's genuine or if he just likes the idea of it. Anyone
Okay this is funny but also annoying. My daughter saw some TikTok trend about a certain food being "disgusting" and now refuses to eat it. Showed her the video and she's like "all
She literally tried to do a dance from TikTok during her soccer game last weekend. Not exaggerating. The coach looked confused. We've got her down to 30 mins on weekends but she's
My 13yo wants to use Discord for gaming. I don't really understand it beyond "it's like Skype but for gamers." Is it actually risky or am I being paranoid? He's pretty sensible abo
I feel like YouTube Kids is the lesser of evils but I've heard so many stories about weird content slipping through. My 6yo watches it for maybe 20 mins most days - mostly Blippi a
Had a sketchy situation yesterday where my 5yo somehow ended up watching some weird unmoderated content that got progressively more inappropriate. I thought YouTube Kids filtered s
So my 7yo watched maybe 30 mins of some guy playing Minecraft and now that's ALL he wants to do. He's asking me every five seconds if he can watch more videos. I set a timer for 1
This scared the hell out of me. My son told me a grown man messaged him on Discord asking to play a game together and wanted to move to a private chat. I told him no and he blocked
My 14yo is asking for TikTok. We said no Instagram yet because of time-suck concerns but TikTok feels even worse?? The algorithm is basically designed to be addictive. But also lik