My kid got catfished and I'm still angry
This happened about 6 months ago and I'm still processing it honestly. 13yo thought she was talking to a kid from another school on Instagram. Turned out to be a 24yo guy. We caugh
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Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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This happened about 6 months ago and I'm still processing it honestly. 13yo thought she was talking to a kid from another school on Instagram. Turned out to be a 24yo guy. We caugh
Been noticing my 9yo (yes, she texts a bit through iMessage with family) getting random messages from unknown numbers. Nothing creepy so far, just app notifications and marketing s
My son has ADHD and online school was a nightmare for him. But we've found that certain apps actually help him focus better than traditional learning? Like Duolingo for reading, Kh
Seriously, how is this even designed for kids? My son figured out how to bypass my screen time limits somehow and spent 3 hours yesterday just scrolling through shorts. I had to ph
Everyone's always going on about "screen time bad" and "video games rotting brains" but my kids actually learned to read faster because they wanted to understand the dialog in Star
So I set a hard limit of 1 hour on weekdays for my 8yo and 10yo, right? Thought I was being the cool strict parent. Found my son hiding in the closet with an iPad last night watchi
We've tried: App timers (he just shuts the whole iPad down then whines) Earning screen time through chores (somewhat works but requires constant negotiation) No screens after 6pm (
Okay this is probably random but I'm celebrating because my 12yo came to me last week and said he wanted to stop playing Fortnite because "all the cool stuff costs money and I'm ti
Just wanted to share a win. My 11yo did a 1-week coding camp over spring break (CodeNinjas, not cheap but it was on sale). He came back genuinely excited about programming - not li
Why is it so hard to just keep kids on actual educational content?? My 8yo watched one video about Minecraft and now the algorithm is feeding him skibidi toilet content and these c
So I've been really cynical about video games as a waste of time, but my 13yo has been playing Minecraft and actually started coding mods for it through this YouTube channel. Now w
Not sure if I should be impressed or concerned lol. He somehow got into settings and just... turned it off. I didn't even know that was possible without the restrictions passcode.
So apparently YouTube Kids 'somehow' recommended my 6yo a video that was basically a knockoff FNAF game (and yeah, jump scares and spooky stuff). I thought YT Kids had actual moder