Phone addiction in teenagers is real and scary
My 15 year old got his first smartphone last year and it's like a switch flipped in his brain. We can't eat dinner without him checking Instagram. He has his phone in his room at n
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Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My 15 year old got his first smartphone last year and it's like a switch flipped in his brain. We can't eat dinner without him checking Instagram. He has his phone in his room at n
Realized last week that I'm on my phone way more than my kids are. My 10 year old called me out for it and I couldn't even argue. Got home from work and immediately zoned out scrol
This is mortifying. My 12 year old found my username and read some pretty embarrassing posts about my life and our family stuff. We had to have a talk about privacy and boundaries
My 8 year old wants a Nintendo Switch like all his friends and I keep saying no but I feel like I'm being unreasonable. The thing is during COVID we let him zone out on screens and
Been using YouTube Kids for my 5 year old and it lets him watch stuff without ads which is great. But sometimes I'll notice him scrolling and finding videos that seem a little off
Found out today that he's been clearing his browser history regularly. I use parental controls but now I'm paranoid I'm missing something. Had to have the talk with him about what'
So my 14yo daughter was spending hours on TikTok every day and it was killing her attention span. I told her she could switch to Discord to chat with her friends instead. At least
My son has been asking to play more video games after school and I'm trying to figure out what's reasonable. Right now he's at about 90 minutes total between gaming and youtube. He
My 9 year old has been asking for Robux constantly and I finally looked into what he's actually spending it on. Feels like loot boxes and cosmetics where you gotta keep buying stuf
Real talk: my 7 year old has pretty bad ADHD and video games are like the only thing that gets him to focus and chill out when he's overstimulated. Teacher recommended more screen
Got my 12 year old his first phone last month and we set up screen time limits but honestly I don't love that I can see every single app he uses. Feels like I'm invading his privac
So my 6 year old now asks for a tablet before breakfast. BEFORE. And I hate that I sometimes let him have it just for some peace while I'm getting ready for work. But then I feel g
Just set up Apple Screen Time on my kids' devices and it's kind of a game changer but also feels like I'm being spied on. My 14 year old got mad when she realized I could see her u
So I was skeptical when my son got into gaming but I started playing with him and it's honestly become our thing. We do co-op games a couple nights a week and we talk more now than
He watches his older siblings and now he wants to play games too. I haven't let him have one yet but the pressure is real, especially when I need him to be occupied. We use YouTube
He keeps saying all his friends have it and I'm the mean dad. I've read too much about the algorithm and how it affects kids his age, plus I've seen some of the stuff on there. I l
Every single night at dinner my kids are sneaking phones, asking for more gaming time, and I feel like I'm just saying no constantly. We have rules but they test them constantly an
My son has been asking to play on the iPad more and I feel like every parent group I'm in has a different opinion. Some people say none, some say hours. We're doing about 30 mins o
Just got my 7 year old a Switch for his birthday and want to make sure he's not downloading random stuff or playing games I haven't approved. I set up a parental controls account b
Honestly I need 30 minutes of peace to make dinner without a kid hanging on my leg. I put on some educational YouTube or let them play a tablet game and it's a game changer. I feel