When my daughter was born 12 years ago, iPads didn?t exist, and I had only recently, begrudgingly, purchased a flip phone. At the time, I never could have imagined how much of my parenting would revolve around smartphones, tablets, apps and social media.
Fast forward a dozen years and I?m locked in a battle with my tween over Tik Tok. Apparently, all her friends have it. It?s the same story with my nine-year-old and Fortnite. And my seven-year-old is making his way through Zelda on the Nintendo Switch we got them all for Christmas?a game that was supposed to be for his dad.

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4 tech tools that manage kids? screen time so you don?t have toI?ve always been a bit unsure about how to manage the whole tech and screen-time thing. Strict time limits" Unlimited use with clear expectations on behaviour and responsibilities off-screen" Or maybe a work-to-earn system, whereby various household duties garner precious moments on a device"
The reality is we currently have a mish-mash of rules and some controls on their devices that generally work well, but when things start to feel out of control, I get tempted to ban all the screens, all the time.
But when I came across a contract that MediaSmarts developed for parents giving their kids new de...