Screen Time: Finding the right balance for your family

"How much screen time is too much?" is the wrong question. A better one is: what is the screen replacing, and how do we make the time that's left feel calm instead of contested?

Sensible starting points

• Ages 4–6: short, supervised sessions — quality over quantity.
• Ages 7–10: a predictable daily budget with clear screen-free zones (meals, bedtime).
• Ages 11–16: shift from hard limits toward shared agreements and visibility.

Routines beat rules

Children push back on arbitrary limits but adapt well to predictable rhythms. SafeAnywhere routines let you set different schedules for school nights, weekends, and travel — so the device follows the same rules you'd set in person, automatically.

Make the limit do the talking

When a daily budget runs out, the device winds down on its own. That removes you from the role of enforcer and turns "five more minutes" into a system the whole family agreed to in advance. Time-extension requests still come to you when they're genuinely warranted.

Model it, don't just mandate it

The most effective screen-time policy is the one kids see adults follow too. Use the data in your dashboard to start conversations, not just to set limits.