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Calmer evenings with less fighting about screens

For Maya (11) · Starting with gaming

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This weekKnow your family's tech diet
Week 2Phone-free bedtime
Week 3Swap one junk habit
Week 4A family tech agreement

Week 1This week

Know your family's tech diet

Not all screen time is equal. Before changing anything, notice what kind of tech fills your days.

Watch the Tech Diet lesson, on your own or together
Do the family tech audit below: sort each app as healthy, junk or toxic
Ask Maya which games feel like healthy fun and which feel like junk food

Lesson 1: Tech Diet Concept0 of 3

Week 2

Phone-free bedtime

Sleep is where growing brains recover. One calm routine protects it for everyone.

Pick one charging spot outside the bedrooms, for every device, including yours
Screens off 30 to 60 minutes before lights out, swapped for a wind-down
No gaming in the hour before bed. Finish on a save point, not mid-match

Lesson 7: Healthy Tech Habits For Children0 of 3

Week 3

Swap one junk habit

Habits change through small swaps and praise, not punishment.

Choose one junk habit as a family and name its healthy swap
Notice the swap when it happens, even once, and say what you saw
Agree on a stop signal: a ten-minute warning, then a save point

Lesson 9: Resetting Healthy Tech Habits0 of 3

Week 4

A family tech agreement

Firm on safety, flexible on the rest. Rules your kids help write are rules they keep.

Write three house rules together: firm on safety, flexible on the rest
Everyone signs, grown-ups included, and it goes on the fridge
Add a gaming rule Maya helps write, like a stretch break every hour

Lesson 4: The Dolphin Parent0 of 3

Week 1 activity

Family tech audit

The Healthy Tech Diet asks a better question than “how much screen time?” It asks what kind. Like food, some tech nourishes, some is a treat, and some does harm. List what your family uses, then sort it together.

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Healthy

Supports self-care, learning, creativity or real connection. Leaves you feeling better.

Junk

Quick dopamine, little lasting value. Fine in small portions, like dessert.

Toxic

Raises stress, comparison or risk of harm. Worth changing or removing.

Add the apps and screen activities your family uses, then sort each one. Do it together: kids are often more honest than we expect.

Tip: the same app can land in different places. A guitar lesson on YouTube is healthy. Autoplay at 10 pm is junk. Sort by how your family actually uses it.