Family Digital Wellness Guides

Short, practical playbooks for the real questions parents ask about screens, coaching, and family life.

• Screen Time

  Screen time by age: what experts recommend now (2026)

  What the AAP and Surgeon General actually recommend for kids' screen time in 2026, by age, and how to set your family's own plan.

• Screen Time

  Is it too much? The signs that actually matter

  Hours alone don't tell you if your kid's screen time is a problem. These five displacement signs are what experts actually watch for.

• Family Coaching

  The First Talk: how to start the screen time conversation

  A word-for-word script for the first screen time conversation with your kid, built so it opens a door instead of starting a fight.

• Family Coaching

  How to reset screen time habits without a fight

  A one-week, whole-family reset for screen habits that have drifted, designed to skip the crackdown and the blowup that follows it.

• Rewards

  Should you pay your kid to put the phone down?

  Cash for screen time usually backfires. Here is what behavioral science says actually works when you reward better screen habits.

• Rewards

  How to build a family reward system for screen time

  A step-by-step guide to building a screen time reward system your whole family actually sticks with, from first goal to weekly ritual.

• AI and Social Media

  How to talk to your teen about TikTok and the algorithm

  A lecture on addiction won't land. Showing your teen how their feed actually works will. A practical script for the algorithm talk.

• AI and Social Media

  AI chatbots and your kid: what parents should know in 2026

  Kids use AI chatbots for homework, advice, and company. The real risks, the house rules that work, and what should never be shared.