Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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So after about a year of "can I pleeeease get a phone" I finally caved and grabbed a used iPhone 11 from Best Buy for like $180. Set it up with Screen Time limits, app restrictions
We had to sit down with our 12yo yesterday and talk about online predators because he made a "friend" on Discord who kept asking personal questions and wanted to video chat. He tho
There's a summer camp in our area (Boston) that teaches Unreal Engine to 14+ kids. My 14yo is interested but it's expensive (~$2k for 2 weeks) and I'm wondering if it's actually wo
So we did this thing where we literally took everyone's devices away for 2 hours after school and said "go outside or find something to do that isn't screens." I thought it'd be ch
My 5yo saw some weird puppet video on YouTube Kids (which is supposed to be filtered!) and now she's having nightmares. Like actually scared to go to sleep. We haven't let her watc
Need something that works on Android and iPad for 3 kids (ages 7, 9, 12). Currently using Google Family Link and iOS Screen Time but feeling like I'm missing something. Any of you
Anyone else done this? We had iPhones for the family and Apple's parental controls are honestly pretty basic. Switched the kids' phones to Pixel 6a and using Google Family Link ins
Signed him up for Code.org back in September as a "why not" thing. Honestly thought he'd lose interest in 2 weeks. But he's legitimately hooked. He's been building these little gam
My wife thinks TikTok is fine if we limit it, I think it's specifically designed to be addictive and possibly bad for developing brains. Our 13yo obviously wants it. We're in an im
Got so caught up in work emails that I completely lost track. He was in his room playing on his iPad and I just... didn't check in. Found him at 6pm still on the same game. Now I'm
My 10yo just discovered Fortnite through school friends and suddenly that's ALL he wants to talk about. I let him play for maybe 45 mins a day on weekends. The thing is... it's not
UPDATE: My 12yo spent $47 on Robux without asking me. FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS. On virtual currency for a game. I had my card saved to his account for "emergencies" which apparently inc
My 11yo had his mic on in a squad match last week and I overheard a grown man drop several F-bombs and some genuinely disturbing stuff. I thought the game had built-in filters but
We had a rough winter stuck inside with screens. Started a rule: no device time until after 4pm on weekends and that changed EVERYTHING. My 8 and 10yo are actually playing outside
Genuinely curious about the range here. My 7yo is asking for Fortnite because all his friends play it. I haven't let him yet - I've read the stuff about the rating and some of the
So we caved and got Emma a basic iPhone for her birthday (she's 9, going into 4th grade). Main reason was so she could text us when she starts walking to her friend's house after s
Honestly tired of scrolling through the App Store looking for stuff that's both educational AND engaging. My 6yo has been using Duolingo (he's trying to learn Spanish to talk to my
Tried to have 'the talk' about online safety with my 10yo and it did NOT go how I planned. I was trying to explain that sometimes people online aren't who they say they are and he
My son is 11 and starting middle school in the fall. Like half his class already has phones, and his mom (we're split custody) is pushing to get him one so they can "stay in touch.
The great phone debate. My 13yo is asking for one because literally every single kid in her grade has one. We live in Boston and honestly it does seem like an outlier not to have o