Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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Started playing Minecraft with my 12 and 14 year old during lockdown and it's honestly one of the best decisions I made. They actually talk to me now and I'm not battling them abou
My 15yo spends hours scrolling TikTok and now he can barely focus on homework. He's constantly on his phone even when we eat dinner. I've tried limiting it but he gets so angry and
This one scared me. Found out my son was in a Discord server with people he doesn't know IRL. Some of them seemed normal but some were sus. Had a serious talk with him about intern
My 6yo has been home sick for 3 days with a stomach bug and I've basically let her watch unlimited iPad because at least she's resting and not running around making things worse. M
So my son somehow figured out how to bypass the YouTube Kids restrictions I set up. He got into the regular app and found some pretty wild content before I caught him. I thought th
School gave my 7th grader a Chromebook and he says teachers monitor it during the day but what about after school? Am I supposed to check his browsing history every night? Feel lik
Just got my credit card statement and my 9yo has spent like $150 on Robux that I had no idea about. Apparently he was buying game passes and cosmetics. I thought I had purchase res
Just got my 10yo his first iPhone and trying to figure out if I should spend the time configuring all the parental controls or if my kids will just work around them anyway based on
Pandemic taught me that giving my kids tablets gets me an hour of peace and I've never looked back. Now my 5 and 8 year old are basically glued to screens. Started limiting it this
My 11yo has been making videos with his friends and posting them without asking. Nothing inappropriate but I'm frustrated he did this behind my back. Signed him up for parental con
He saw it on a friend's phone at school and now it's all he wants. I'm not ready for this. He can barely handle YouTube Kids without getting distracted. What's everyone's strategy
I've got Screen Time set up on all the devices with different limits for each kid based on age. I can see what apps they're using, when, for how long. Some of my friends think I'm
We've been all over the place with this but I finally sat down and made a real plan. 1 hour on school days, 2 hours on weekends, no screens after 8pm, no phones at dinner. First we
Started taking my boys hiking on Saturdays and they're actually putting their phones down for it. We do it as a family thing, make it an adventure. My 10yo has discovered he likes
My 14yo daughter is on TikTok constantly. Like every free second. I've tried limiting it but she finds ways around it. She's hiding her screen time numbers, deleting her history. I
My 13yo is absolutely glued to her phone. I set screen time limits but she just has a meltdown. Her friends are all on TikTok and she says she's missing out on inside jokes at scho
He told us he didn't have social media but found out through a friend's mom that he has a secret account. He's got like 200 followers and is posting stuff. When I confronted him he
Just wanted to share something that actually worked for us. We use Apple Screen Time combined with Bark monitoring app. Set different limits for different times of day. My 14yo can
My 12yo wants to play Fortnite like 5+ hours a day. He says all the kids at school play it and they have group chats about it. I limited him to 2 hours on weekends and he absolutel
Found out yesterday my 11 year old figured out my password by watching my finger placement when I typed it. He didn't even USE it to get around anything, just wanted to prove he co