Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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Guys, I'm at my wit's end. My son literally plays Mario Kart or Fortnite for like 5-6 hours straight on weekends if we let him. We tried setting limits but he just sneaks it upstai
So I was setting up parental controls on his laptop and noticed his history had some stuff that made me real uncomfortable. I talked to him about it and he said his friends showed
My son has been asking for a Switch for months and I finally caved on his birthday. Now he wants to play every second he's not in school. My wife thinks we should limit it to weeke
I set up Apple Screen Time with pretty strict limits and two days later my 12 year old somehow got through it. He won't tell me how. I'm not even mad, I'm impressed and terrified.
Walked in and he's watching some weird prank channel that was totally inappropriate. He was laughing his butt off but I felt like a terrible parent for not monitoring better. Now I
Set it up on my 11 year old's iPad last week and it's been a game changer for nap time and bedtime. He gets frustrated with the downtime notification but at least he's not fighting
My kid wants to play Minecraft constantly and honestly it keeps him occupied while I'm trying to get dinner ready or work from home. But I feel guilty about it. We've been letting
We've been letting our 5 year old watch it while we get dinner ready but I keep hearing horror stories about inappropriate stuff sneaking through. Has anyone had problems with it?
My wife and I keep going back and forth on this. Our 9 year old wants an hour after school and an hour after dinner on weekdays, plus more on weekends. Some days I say yes because
He's 12 and literally all he wants to do is play Fortnite with his friends. I've set limits, I've tried talking to him about it, but he gets so angry when we make him get off. His
Yeah. Forty seven dollars. He figured out my Apple ID password somehow and bought stuff in some game. Now I'm paranoid about my passwords and also furious. Trying not to make it a
6 year old wants to watch YouTube and play games on my tablet. Wife and I are trying to figure out what's actually healthy vs what parenting articles tell us. 2 hours seems like a
Set up Apple Screen Time on all our devices and I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, kids hated it at first. But now we have actual boundaries and I'm not fighting about screens constantly.
My 12 year old is spending like 4-5 hours a day on Fortnite and Discord with his friends. I get that it's social but it's becoming a problem. He's getting aggressive when we make h
I know gaming gets a bad rap and I was worried about screen time too but honestly my 10yo has been playing Minecraft with kids from school and it's actually helped him come out of
Had a chat with my oldest yesterday about what he's been watching. Turns out he's been clicking on some pretty mature content when he thinks we're not around. Not crazy bad but def
So my son has been asking for more tablet time and I've been saying no because he's already getting an hour after school. My wife thinks I'm being too rigid but I feel like once yo
My 9yo wants to spend $10 a month on a battle pass for Fortnite. I don't really get it but he says all his friends have it. Is this a scam or is this actually a thing? How do I kno
Not going to get into details but I found some stuff I really didn't want to find. Didn't use spy apps or anything, just noticed his phone open on the table. Now I'm wrestling with
It's been cold and rainy for like 3 weeks straight and my kids have basically become glued to iPads and the Switch. We went from maybe 1.5 hours a day to like 4-5 hours easily. I f