How Family Values Matter with Screen Time Limits

“My 7-year-old loves Call of Duty and we play it together.”

 

“I think video games are rotting kids’ brains, so I don’t let allow any video games in […]

How Much Screen Time is Too Much? Check Our Chart

In my experience as a child psychologist, I’ve found that parents just want one set of screen time limits that holds true for all kids. I really wish it were […]

What to Do When Your Child Loves Screen Time More Than Anything

Parenting a child has never been a simple task. But in a society so dominated by technology, with the outside world so easily brought into our homes by the Internet […]

Our Handy One-Page Guide to Screen Time

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently introduced new guidelines for children’s screen time. At a glance, they don’t seem all that different from the guidelines issued around this time last […]

Stop Arguing About Screen Time

How often do you find yourself arguing about screen time with your kids? Does a phrase like “you’ve played video games (or been on Facebook or Instagram or just a […]

Screen Time

Screen Time is a parental control app for iOS and Android devices. The app allows parents to remotely monitor and control their children’s use of phones and tablets. We recommend […]

Setting Screen Time Limits For Children

Setting limits on screen time is one of the most common concerns expressed by parents of 21st century children. Parents look to childcare experts for guidance on this controversial topic […]

Screen Time for Five and Six-Year-Old Children

How much screen time is good for your five or six-year-old child? Should you allow her to watch television, play a tablet, or use a handheld video game? And if […]

Nine Ways to Set Limits on Screen Time

Parents frequently wonder about how to set limits on screen time, often thinking about how they should set limits on their own screen time as well as their children’s. In […]

Expert Advice on Setting Screen Time Limits

Sometimes the best advice you get is from an expert whose specialty complements your own. I recently had that opportunity while talking with my friend and technology guru, Eric Therrien. […]