Summer and Screentime! 7 Steps that Might Save Your Kids (and your sanity!)
Technology does not have to steal your summer!
(See below for list of Screen Filters!)
Every summer I hear from parents who are frustrated, trying to navigate screen time with their kids. How much is too much? How can we keep them safe? Why do we have to have these battles!? I get it. And I’m here to help!
I am sharing a podcast episode (or blog post version) with 7 steps that literally could save your kids (and your sanity!) this summer. Leave your name and email address below to get a printable checklist to use as you go through each of these steps. I hope this is helpful and I am praying you have a wonderful summer with a little less stress and anxiety over screens!
BLOG POST: Kids, the Internet, and Social Media: 7 Steps that Might Save Your Kids (and your Sanity this summer!) (Podcast version below)
Leave your info below to get a copy of the 7-STEPS CHECKLIST:
Here is a short list of accountability filters to consider:
(Find more filters and a LOT more helpful resources in the Raising Tech-Smart Kids- Mini-Course!)
Covenant Eyes: covenanteyes.com (What we use) This is screen accountability +support for victory over p0rn . Use code: MONICA for a free month!
Bark – Parental Control for Families (esp. good for the younger years!)
Canopy: Go to canopy.us to get 30 days free! (Canopy blocks explicit content and lets parents manage apps and games.)
Circle: meetcircle.com (parental control for all devices)
mSpy: mSpy.com (cell phone tracker)
Net Nanny: netnanny.com (uses artificial intelligence to block dangerous content the instant before your child sees it.)
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