Screen time, online safety, and tech rules for kids.
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My kids (8 and 10) have been losing it about my new screen time limits. 90 minutes on weekends, nothing on school nights except one show on Friday. Everyone at school apparently ge
Set up parental controls and thought he was locked out. Apparently he's been sneaking into my wife's iPad after we go to bed watching some influencer guy for like two hours. We've
So my son comes home from school saying ALL his friends have TikTok. He's 8. EIGHT. I told him absolutely not but now he's been asking every single day for the past two weeks. My w
Started a new rule in our house where phones, tablets, and everything go away during dinner. First night was rough, not gonna lie. But then we actually talked about our days. My 7y
Just got my credit card bill and my 11 year old spent $87 on Robux while I was at work. He wasn't even trying to hide it. I must have the dumbest parental controls ever because app
Been a rough few months with my 10 and 12 year old basically glued to screens during winter. Last weekend I finally got them to go fishing with me at the pond near our house. No ph
My son keeps asking for robux and I finally looked into it. These games are literally designed to get kids addicted to spending money. The predatory mechanics are insane. Started l
My 12 year old thinks 2 hours of gaming every day is reasonable. I'm trying to stick to 1 hour on weekdays but he argues constantly. My wife thinks I'm being too strict. Anyone els
3 year old loves YouTube but I'm constantly finding weird stuff in the feed. Thought YouTube Kids was supposed to be curated but she found some creepy channels. Anyone using it suc
Caved and got my 14 and 11 year old iPhones. Now I'm paranoid about what they're doing on them. Installed some parental controls but idk if I'm doing this right. Should I be readin
My son is asking for an iPad constantly because his friends all have them. We've been pretty strict, only like 30 mins of TV on weekends, but I'm wondering if we're being too harsh
No idea how long this has been going on. I thought he was asleep but grabbed some water and saw the glow under his door. He was watching some weird gaming streamer for hours. We to
My 10 year old has been begging to play Fortnite with his cousin and I'm not sure what to think about it. I've heard some scary stories about gaming addiction and in-game chat stuf
My kids are 9 and 11 and I feel like we're constantly battling over iPads and YouTube. We try to do 1 hour after homework but it never actually works out that way. Wife and I are o
He thought he was being sneaky but I noticed the logout on the family iPad. We had a conversation about it and he says its because he wants privacy from his mom following him. Part
Thinking about getting a bit more serious with monitoring what my kids are accessing. We've been pretty loose about it but my 10yo asked me the other day where babies come from and
Broke it too. Now he wants a new one but I'm thinking that was actually a good consequence for losing his temper like that. He's 12 and getting way too intense about gaming. Been r
Found him on Discord at 1am talking to some people I don't know. When I asked he said they were just gaming friends but I got nervous. He's not allowed on his phone after 11. Do I
My 11 year old wants to play Fortnite literally all day. On school days I limit it to weekends but he's constantly asking, complaining that all his friends can play whenever. I let
Just went to watch something and the entire recommendation algorithm is completely broken. Scrolled back and apparently my 6 and 9 year old have been creating random accounts and c