Screen-Time Rules a Family Can Actually Keep
Find the real problems with a one-week tracker, pick three to five rules from an age-by-age menu, and write a family agreement together, with a filled-in example and a four-week review.
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By Whole Life HQ4 parts · about 4,400 words · printable · read online
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OpenWho it's for
Parents of children ages 3 to 12 who want a few clear screen rules that the whole family, grown-ups included, can keep.
What you receive
- 4 written parts, about 4,400 words
- A one-week screen tracker and a rule menu for ages 3 to 12
- A filled-in family agreement, a blank page and a kid-friendly version
- Meeting scripts, hard-moment scripts and a four-week review sheet
4 printable pages, in reading order
- Part 1: Start here, and see your real week
- Part 2: The rule menu, by age
- Part 3: The family agreement (filled-in example and blank page)
- Part 4: Keeping it going, hard moments and the check-in
See inside
The first 4 pages, as they print.
Look inside
The first page, word for word. 4 printable pages in total.
Part 1: Start here, and see your real week
Most screen-time rules fail for the same reason: they are written on the worst night of the week, in a bad mood, by one parent, and then announced. By Thursday nobody remembers them, and the rule turns into an argument.
This guide takes the opposite route. You look at what really happens, you pick a small number of rules your family can honestly keep, you write them down together, and you set a date to check how it is going. It is written for parents of children ages 3 to 12. Where the advice changes by age, we say so.
This is general parenting information, not medical advice. Screens are one part of a child's day, and every family is different.
How to use this guide
There are four parts:
- Part 1 (this one): why rules fall apart, and a one-week look at what really happens.
- Part 2: the rule menu. You pick, by age, what fits.
- Part 3: the family agreement, with a filled-in example and a blank page to print.
- Part 4: keeping it going: the hard moments, a check-in sheet and scripts.
What is in each part
- Start here, and see your real week
- The rule menu, by age
- The family agreement (filled-in example and blank page)
- Keeping it going, hard moments and the check-in
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4 printable pages: see the list
- Part 1: Start here, and see your real week
- Part 2: The rule menu, by age
- Part 3: The family agreement (filled-in example and blank page)
- Part 4: Keeping it going, hard moments and the check-in
They open in your library, and you can print them, once they are yours.
Who wrote it
Written by the Whole Life HQ team.
Not yet reviewed by an outside expert. It is general information, not professional advice.
General information, not professional advice.
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- In your libraryAfter you pay, it is in your library straight away.
- Any devicePhone, tablet or computer. Print it if you like paper.
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