Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My son just turned 6 and discovered YouTube Kids. Now it's ALL he wants. Every time we're in the car, waiting at the doctor's office, literally anywhere with downtime he's asking f
Been using it for about 6 months now with my 10 and 12 year old. Can see what they're downloading, set app limits per app (not just total screen time which I liked), bedtime schedu
Honest question: on days when I'm working from home, I let my 4 and 6 year old watch YouTube Kids for like an hour so I can actually focus on calls. I feel guilty about it but also
Just a heads up—we let our 8yo watch cartoons on Freevee and apparently there's ZERO parental controls on most of the content. He somehow ended up watching a preview for a horror m
Real talk - I spent way too long feeling guilty about my kids watching TV or playing games. But then I realized: My 9yo learned actual coding skills from YouTube My 6yo's reading
Yeah. Reddit. I asked what he was reading and he got all defensive but turns out he was on the gaming subreddits and minecraft communities. I mean... it could be worse? But I didn'
So my 12yo plays Minecraft with a regular squad and I was worried about the whole "talking to strangers online" thing. But honestly? He's been playing with the same 4-5 kids for li
We got rid of our WiFi password and made it physical. You have to go ask one of us to give you the password if you want to use WiFi (phone data is separate and they have limits on
So my son Marcus keeps begging to play Roblox like all his friends at school. I've read some scary stuff online about predators in games but I also don't want to be the dad who ban
Pulled the trigger and got her an iPhone for her birthday. She's in 5th grade and pretty much everyone else has one. I set up Screen Time, enabled iCloud Family, and put some apps
My 14yo boy plays Fortnite like 4-5 hours on weekends and maybe 1.5 hours on school nights. He's done with homework and keeps grades up (mostly B's), but man... the kid is GLUED to
We've been using Khan Academy Kids with my 5yo for morning math and it's genuinely been helpful. She actually loves it (or at least asks for it more than I'd expect). Most parents
I let him play during the school year like 30 mins on weekends but now it's June and he literally wants to play 8 hours a day. Won't go to the park with me, blows off his friends I
Okay so I thought YouTube Kids was supposed to be filtered but my 5yo somehow got to a video about a dentist pulling teeth and it was graphic as hell. She was genuinely scared. I'v
I keep seeing posts here about how TikTok is rotting kids' brains but my 14yo has found communities around his actual interests (photography, skateboarding, environmental stuff) an
Finally broke down and got the boys Game Pass (they're 11 and 13). Honestly it's been great - way cheaper than buying individual games and they've actually been playing more varied
We've got 3 kids (6, 8, 11) with various devices and I'm honestly overwhelmed trying to manage everyone's screen time separately. Right now I'm using: iPad built-in Screen Time fo
My 11yo is literally the ONLY kid in her 6th grade class without a phone. I'm not trying to be that parent, but I genuinely don't think she needs one yet. Her friends all have iPho
I'm not even mad, I'm impressed and terrified. He essentially brute-forced his way past Bark because apparently it updates and there was a window where it wasn't configured right.
Got this for my 8yo in September and wanted to give you guys actual feedback after using it for a while, not just first impressions. Pros: GPS tracking is solid, I can actually see