Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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Looking for a summer coding camp in the Denver area. I want something hands-on, not just watching videos. Preferably game design or something that keeps them engaged rather than pu
So my son just turned 4 and I've been pretty militant about screen time - max 30 mins a day, mostly PBS Kids. My wife thinks I'm overreacting and that some days when I'm working fr
I've tried Google Family Link, tried Samsung Kids, even looked into some third-party apps. Nothing seems foolproof. My 9yo keeps finding workarounds I didn't think were possible. D
Been using Screen Time on iOS for a year and honestly it's pretty useless. My 13yo just goes into her settings and changes the limits herself. Tried Bark but the customer service w
Remember my post from 2 months ago? Yeah so we had THE talk and set up parental controls on Roblox. Long story short, my son actually listened and now he invites me to play with hi
So my oldest just finished the Scratch Jr intro course and is absolutely obsessed. He's been drawing sprites for like 3 hours straight and keeps asking me "Dad, can I make the T-Re
Been nervous about my son joining Discord for his school robotics club but checked it out and... it's actually way better monitored than I thought? He can't add random people, the
Genuinely asking because I feel like I'm the only parent who lets my daughter play this. Everyone at her school seems to be doing it but when I mention it people get weird about th
My 13yo will literally sit and play Minecraft for an entire afternoon if I let him. Doesn't even seem to be having fun anymore, just... grinding. I set limits but he argues about t
Ok I know this is probably boring but I gotta celebrate - our family screen time experiment is actually working?? We implemented a no-screens-during-meals rule back in September an
Bought a used PC off Facebook Marketplace ($300) and set it up in the living room where I can see the screen. Used Windows Parental Controls to limit game time, set age restriction
Unpopular opinion but my family cut YouTube entirely 6 months ago and I honestly don't think I'm going back. We use Netflix, Disney+ for entertainment and if the kids want to learn
Am I the only one who feels like YouTube Kids is just... not actually that safe? Yeah it filters out some stuff but my 5yo keeps finding videos of people opening random toys and it
Okay so we were letting our 7yo have unlimited YouTube Kids (famous last words, right?). Decided to cut it completely for summer and do only 30 min on weekends. First week was BRUT
We finally cracked it after like 6 months of chaos. Here's what worked: No screens before 8am (even on weekends) 1 hour max on school days (he can choose: gaming, YouTube, whateve
My daughter is 14 and literally everything revolves around TikTok now. She's following weird trends, comparing herself to girls with 500k followers, and I caught her trying to hide
Khan Academy got boring but Duolingo has my 9yo actually learning Spanish because it's gamified to hell and she doesn't realize it's educational lol. Are there others like this? Lo
So last month my son spent $40 of his birthday money on Robux. He thought he was buying a limited edition skin that was supposedly going to be 'worth more' later. Obviously got sca
I've got Screen Time set up on my 13yo's iPhone but honestly I'm not sure if it's doing anything? Like I can see the time reports but she just asks me to extend her limit and I usu
I was anti-gaming for like years until my 11yo asked if we could play Minecraft together. I was skeptical but we built this whole creative world and now it's genuinely one of our f