Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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We started this about 3 months ago. First two weeks were rough, kids complained constantly. But now we actually talk at dinner instead of everyone being in their own world. My wife
He's on Fortnite literally every second he can be. I took it away for a week and he was miserable, we were all miserable. Put it back and things are better but I know this isn't he
I don't monitor everything, I trust her to make decent choices, but I noticed her FYP has some pretty sketchy stuff on it. When I asked her about it she got defensive. Tried explai
After months of pushing back on unlimited Fortnite, I set a hard boundary. No more than an hour on school days, none at all until homework is done. First week was rough, lots of co
My 9yo keeps asking for more time on his iPad and honestly I'm torn. Some parents at his school let their kids have basically unlimited access and I don't want mine to feel left ou
Found out through my wife that our 13yo set up an Instagram account that we didn't know about. He's been posting pictures and chatting with kids from school. I'm kind of upset but
Trying to figure out the best way to manage my kids' phones without being creepy about it. My 11yo is getting his first phone next month and I want to set it up right from day one.
My 3yo daughter loves watching stuff on YouTube Kids and the parental controls seem pretty solid but I keep reading horror stories about weird content slipping through. Anyone here
My kids are 5 and 7 and I'm struggling. They get 1 hour on weekdays but they're constantly asking for more. My wife does an extra 30 mins on Friday nights and now they think every
Found out he created a second account on his iPad to bypass the screen time limits I set. I should probably be proud of the creativity but mostly I'm just angry that he snuck aroun
My 14yo son gets home from school and goes straight to his room for 3-4 hours of Fortnite. I work until 5:30 and by the time I want to spend time with him he's already deep in it.
My 11 year old has gone full Fortnite zombie. I told him weekdays max 30 mins and he's literally counting down the hours at school. Started arguing about homework time, says he can
She's 13 and literally cannot put down TikTok. I deleted it once and she cried for an hour. All her friends use it so she says I'm trying to ruin her social life. I've tried screen
So I set up parental controls on the iPad with a 1 hour daily limit. Found out yesterday he figured out how to restart the device and it resets the timer. He's been doing this for
Honestly thought Discord was sketchy until my 14yo asked to use it for his gaming group. Did some research and realized I was being paranoid about it. Set up his account, joined th
Seriously when did they add all these ads? My 5 year old keeps asking for stuff after watching these toy unboxing videos. The "content" is just kids screaming and opening boxes. I
So I banned my 12 year old from Fortnite for a month because his grades slipped. Thought it would motivate him. Instead he just plays on his friend's PC at their house after school
Took 3 weeks of actually enforcing it but now our family dinners don't look like a zombie convention. My rule is simple: phones go in a basket by the kitchen before we eat. My 14 y
My wife thinks I'm being too strict. We let him do 30 mins on school nights which I think is fair, but on Saturday and Sunday she wants to bump it up to 90 mins so he can play Mine
My kids would literally stare at screens 24/7 if I let them. We set limits, we use parental controls, but it's constant fighting. They ask for 5 more minutes, sneak devices when I'