Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My 10 year old has figured out how to get around pretty much every parental control I set up. He's spending 3+ hours a day scrolling through YouTube shorts when he thinks I'm not l
He wants to play with his friends after school and we decided it was ok if he had proper equipment. Looking at some options but there are so many brands. Needs good mic quality sin
Been trying to get everyone off devices for meals for months and today we actually did it. No phones, no iPad, no excuses. Sure the kids were fidgety at first but by the end we wer
Had to sit down with my kids yesterday and explain that spending $20 a week on Roblox "cosmetics" is not happening anymore. They genuinely dont understand that the stuff they're bu
So my son found YouTube shorts on my wife's old iPad we gave him and now thats literally all he wants to do. Im talking refusing dinner, hiding it under his pillow at night, the wh
Not gonna lie, it took a family meeting, taking the PS5 away for a week, and setting up Apple Screen Time with actual consequences. He was playing 4-5 hours after school which was
My son has been asking for more screen time on Saturdays and Sundays. We usually do 30-45 mins on weekdays but weekends he wants to binge Disney Plus or play that Toca Boca game ev
Looking for recommendations on parental control software. My kids are 8 and 12 and I want something that blocks inappropriate sites, limits screen time, and maybe tracks location w
My son is asking for a phone now that he's in middle school and honestly every other kid seems to have one. But I'm not ready to handle all the stuff that comes with it. How are ot
My 13 year old is obsessed with this game and it's all he wants to do after school. I've tried limiting it but he just gets angry and sneaks more time on it when I'm not looking. H
I keep seeing different guidelines about how much screen time kids should get. My 6 year old does about an hour on weekdays mostly educational apps and cartoons. Am I messing him u
Was helping my 11 year old with something on his laptop and saw some odd searches in the history. Nothing terrible but definitely curious stuff. Do I talk to him about it or just m
Found my 10 year old on his tablet at 11 PM last night when he was supposed to be sleeping. Said he was just playing one more game. I've set parental controls but he keeps figuring
Been letting my kids watch YouTube Kids instead of regular YouTube because it seems curated for kids. But I've heard stories about weird content slipping through. Anyone else use i
My son has been asking to play Roblox more and we finally let him on weekends only. He's limited to 2 hours total but honestly he loses track of time. Today he cried when I shut it
My 10 year old plays Fortnite with his buddies online and when I tell him to get off he literally has a meltdown every single time. He says he can't leave his squad in the middle o
Last month my 12 and 14 year old were spending like 4-5 hours a day scrolling TikTok. I literally removed the app from their phones and set parental controls so they can't download
Not sure how I feel about this. He says all his friends use it to chat and play games together. On one hand it's cool he's into gaming culture with peers. On the other hand I have
This game is like digital heroin I swear. My 10 year old begs for robux, the in game currency, constantly. He sneaks his tablet into his room. When I take it away he literally has
My kids are 5 and 8. We do maybe an hour a day on weekends, nothing on school nights except sometimes a movie as a family thing. But I feel like we're probably stricter than most o