Gaming addiction or normal 13yo behavior?
My son plays video games probably 3-4 hours on school days and way more on weekends. His grades are slipping, he's not doing homework until the last minute, and he gets genuinely u
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My son plays video games probably 3-4 hours on school days and way more on weekends. His grades are slipping, he's not doing homework until the last minute, and he gets genuinely u
All his friends have some kind of device and now he's asking for a phone. I'm not ready for this but I also don't want him to feel like the only kid without one. What age is reason
Found out yesterday that my son has been watching some pretty questionable content on a channel I've never heard of. We use parental controls on the family iPad but apparently he c
Just wanted to share a win. We implemented a no screens after 7pm rule about 2 months ago and bedtime has been SO much easier. The kids actually sleep without fighting us. My 8yr d
Has anyone else had issues with YouTube Kids showing age-inappropriate videos even with restrictions turned all the way up? My 4yr old was watching what seemed like a normal cartoo
Looking for opinions on whether I should spring for third party parental control apps or if the built in Apple Screen Time is decent enough. I have twin 12yr olds and want to monit
My son won't stop asking for a gaming PC after seeing his friend's setup. He's in first grade. I'm not against gaming but I feel like he's too young and honestly I don't want to dr
He begged for a phone all last year and we finally caved on his 13th birthday. Thought it would help with communication and staying in touch. First week in and he's on it constantl
Just wanted to share what's actually working for us instead of just complaining. We use Apple Families for the basic controls (app limits, content filters, screen time tracking). I
My son used to be fine with limited screen time but then somehow found YouTube kids and now he just wants to watch people playing video games for hours. I set up the parental contr
This might sound weird but bear with me. My 11 year old got really into Minecraft and I was worried it was unhealthy until I realized he wanted to show me his builds. So I started
Real talk, between work meetings and trying to get dinner made, my son ends up with the iPad for like 2-3 hours some days. He watches YouTube Kids and some educational apps. My par
My daughter somehow got into regular YouTube and was watching some weird content last week. I don't even know how she did it. I thought YouTube Kids was supposed to be safe but she
Trying to figure out the best way to monitor my 7 and 10 year olds' devices. I want to block inappropriate stuff but also don't want to be that creepy dad who reads every message.
So my 12 year old won't stop asking for a gaming PC so he can play Fortnite with his friends. I literally have no idea what the game is about besides shooting people. Is it violent
Finally installed Family Link on my 11 year old's phone yesterday. I can see everything - his YouTube watch history is insane, he's been watching some weird gaming content I've nev
My son has been saving his money and wants to build a gaming PC. He's into competitive shooters and streams on YouTube. Part of me gets it, he's actually pretty good, but I'm worri
My 8yr old has been asking for more screen time after school. Right now we do 90 mins and I'm wondering if that's reasonable or if I'm being a pushover. He gets his homework done,
Just wanted to share a win. We switched to Apple's screen time feature combined with setting up separate iCloud accounts for each kid. Set app limits on games and social media, ena
So I was helping him with tech stuff and noticed a Discord app. Asked him about it and he got defensive. Found out he's in some gaming servers that are pretty unmoderated. He's not