Screen time
Screen time
Setting limits, keeping them, and what to do on the days they fall apart.
The workbook for this stage
Own Your Screen Time
For the age when your tween stops taking your word for it.
Shows a tween how apps are built to hook them, then asks them to set their own limits.
Why Phone-Free Zones Work When Screen Time Limits Don’t
Screen time limits work great on paper. You set the number, the phone enforces it, your kid’s screen time stays exactly where you want it. Except that...
The Real Reason Your Tween Can’t Put Down Their Phone (It’s Not What You Think)
You’ve asked them three times already. First nicely, then firmly, then in the voice you reserve for when things are about to get serious. The phone is still...
Why Your Tween Rolls Their Eyes at Your Screen Time Rules (And What Actually Works at This Age)
The rules used to work. When they were nine, you’d say “thirty minutes, then we’re done,” and they’d grumble and comply. That was the end of it.
How to Help Your Child Set Their Own Screen Time Goals — And Actually Stick to Them
Most screen time conversations in most households go one of two directions. Either the parent sets the rules and the kid resists them, or the parent gives...
How to Reduce Screen Time Without Constant Battles
If talking about screen time turns into an argument every day, you’re not the only one dealing with it.
Why Telling Kids to Get Off Their Screens Doesn’t Work (And What Does)
If you’ve ever said “get off your screen” approximately forty times in one evening and had it work exactly zero of those times, you’re not doing it wrong....