even in the beginning of pandemic it wasn't bad and they found ways to entertain themselves. before this pandemic, they were maybe on screens 20 min a day, and 2 hrs max on weekends. What's funny is normally my DC aren't big screen users or gamers AT ALL. i will look into Cold Turkey blocker to limit the time. i want to let the kids use Google Slides (they use that a lot to create things on their own) but limit the times they use Roblox for example.Īnyway for now we set up a policy that they cannot play roblox until noon every day AND they have to finished all their schoolwork for the day (so even if they finish their work by 10am they cannot start playing). One, we want to limit usage of specific websites, vs. DH did try blocking access with the router and encountered various limitations there as well. The built-in parental controls was extremely rigid and didn't allow basically any app installation or usage of certain other apps, and seemd to create more hassle in the end trying to work around it. What you describe (bolded) is exactly the problem we have encountered with other methods. I hadn't heard of Cold Turkey will have to look into this. Wow, thank you for this - this is super helpful. So for example, if websites are blocked until 3 p.m., but DC hasn't finished school work and you want to extend the block - or if they finish early and you want to shorten the block, you must physically take the device in order to reset the block (you can't do it remotely through your own device). The downside to Cold Turkey is that you have to manually install/disable the block to the device and cannot do it remotely - at least not that we have found. Mon-Fri - or whatever days/times you choose). You can schedule the site/app blocks to come on/go off as needed based on time blocks that you set up, and the blocks can be recurring (i.e. You can set it up to block all apps/sites with customized exceptions or allow all apps/sites with customized exceptions. The nice thing about Cold Turkey is that it can be used to block both apps and websites, so for us, that was a huge plus.
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We had previously tried turning off the router, using built-in parental controls, and a few free apps, but found limitations to all of them, so we decided to try buying a blocker. We are trying out the Cold Turkey blocker now. Before the pandemic we used the built-in parental controls at first to limit screen time each day but then had to disable them for the kids to be able to use/install certain apps (that were educational, even). But lately they spend so much time playing Roblox and other internet games and I’m so tired of nagging them to get off while I try to do work. Any recommendations? Kids both have Chromebooks which are great for doing e-learning.
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