screen time rules

How I got my toddler back on books after she got a taste of screen time

How I got my toddler back on books after she got a taste of screen time

Losing interest in reading? Here are eight clever and creative ways to make your toddler trade in their tablet for books.

Angela Zimmerman

6 Ways to Protect Your Kids' Eyes From Screens

6 Ways to Protect Your Kids' Eyes From Screens

Screens can have some negative effects on kids’ eyes, but there are things you can do to reduce the harm.

Jill Buchner

This is the Screen-Time Contract I’m Getting my Kids to Sign

This is the Screen-Time Contract I’m Getting my Kids to Sign

I’ve always been a bit unsure about how to manage screen-time. This cell phone contract for kids helps establish mutual trust and boundaries.

Claire Gagne

Here’s Why Screens Bring Out the Worst in Your Kid

Here’s Why Screens Bring Out the Worst in Your Kid

If you notice behaviour problems when your kid spends a lot of time on screens, you’re not alone. Here's why this is happening.

Lindsay Kneteman

4 tech tools that manage kids’ screen time so you don’t have to

4 tech tools that manage kids’ screen time so you don’t have to

Managing kids' screen time can be a never-ending battle. So if technology can help an exhausted parent solve this problem, why not use it?

Christine Persaud

4 Parent-Tested Systems You Can Use to Limit Screen Time

4 Parent-Tested Systems You Can Use to Limit Screen Time

Freaked about how technology turns kids into disconnected zombies? These strategies from experts and parents will help you get screen time under control.

Claire Gagne

5 simple screen-time rules from a teacher who’s seen them work

5 simple screen-time rules from a teacher who’s seen them work

Take it from a middle-school teacher and mom: Kids need to manage their online activities—and parents need to help them do it.

Rebecca Young, Common Sense Media

What Apple's new iOS 12 parental controls mean for you

What Apple's new iOS 12 parental controls mean for you

The moment many parents have been waiting for—the ability to control their kids' phones—is finally here. Here is the breakdown.

Christine Elgersma, Common Sense Media

12 ways to make sure your kids don't stumble on sexy stuff online

12 ways to make sure your kids don't stumble on sexy stuff online

One in five children between the ages of nine and 17 report having accidentally seen sexual material online. Here's how to prevent that from happening.

Sheri Madigan

Are robots taking over the basics of parenting?

Are robots taking over the basics of parenting?

At what point will virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa for kids cross the line from helping parents to doing their job?

Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Chatelaine

3 ways the next iPhone and iPad update will make managing screen time easy

3 ways the next iPhone and iPad update will make managing screen time easy

Your kids might not be thrilled, but come the fall, you'll be able to remotely manage what your kids do on their device, and for exactly how long. Woot!

Kim Shiffman

The technology trap: Should you give your kid a smartphone?

The technology trap: Should you give your kid a smartphone?

Parents are turning to devices to keep tabs on their children, affording the youngsters much-needed independence. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

Aaron Hutchins

An age-by-age guide to kids and smartphones

An age-by-age guide to kids and smartphones

How should kids use cellphones? And at what age are they emotionally ready to have their own? Here’s what the experts have to say.

Stacey Stein

Are Your Kids Addicted to Technology? Here's What You Need to Know

Are Your Kids Addicted to Technology? Here's What You Need to Know

A typical teen’s day includes up to 9 hours of texting, gaming, videos, and social media. It’s enough to make you wonder: Are they addicted to technology?

Michael Robb, Common Sense Media

Whaaaaat?! This toddler locked his mom out of her iPhone for 47 years

Whaaaaat?! This toddler locked his mom out of her iPhone for 47 years

Your kid has probably locked you out of your phone for two minutes, maybe even five. But this mom got locked out for 25,114,984 minutes.

Adriana Parente

7 surprisingly easy ways to fight your screen addiction

7 surprisingly easy ways to fight your screen addiction

We get it—you need your phone and it's so hard to put it down. So Common Sense Media has rounded up seven easy ways (yes, easy!) to limit your screen time.

Sierra Filucci, Common Sense Media

9 signs of screen addiction in kids to watch out for

9 signs of screen addiction in kids to watch out for

Time on YouTube or playing with apps can be educational and fun for kids. But are you worried your child could be addicted to screens?

Today's Parent

Will Ferrell is all of us in this PSA about device-addicted parents

Will Ferrell is all of us in this PSA about device-addicted parents

Darkly comic ads are part of Common Sense Media’s #DeviceFreeDinner campaign to encourage parents to put. Down. Their. Phones.

Claire Sibonney