family media agreement
How to Talk to Your Kid About What Happened Online This School Year So Far
A few weeks into the school year, your kid has a new group chat, a new app you’ve never heard of, and a friend drama subplot you’re only getting in fragments. Maybe there was a phone confiscated in class, a screenshot passed around, or a “can I show you something weird” moment that got dropped […]
How Much Screen Time Is Too Much? A Realistic Framework for Parents
Ask five parents how much screen time is too much and you’ll get five different numbers, usually followed by a guilty look. Two hours. Four hours. “Less than my kid actually gets.” The number rarely comes with a reason attached, just a vague sense that it should be lower. The truth is that a fixed […]
Setting Up a Family Media Agreement for the New School Year
The backpack is new, the shoes still smell like the store, and somewhere in the first week the phone question comes up again. Can I bring it to school. Can I have it at dinner. Why does my sibling get more time than I do. If your house doesn’t have clear answers to these by […]