In 2017, during a crazy cross-country move, my husband Tyler and I, handed over an abandoned...
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Is My Teen Ready for a Cell Phone?
*This article was originally published on February 19, 2019. We have updated it with additional...
Our Family’s Screen-Free Gift Guide
After years of storing our TV in the closet, living in a small home, and losing most of our...
How to Create Your Own Family Blackout Night
We include instructions, ideas for your blackout box, and printable invitations in our Family...
Three Ways to Connect With Your Teenagers
This is a guest post from Jessica Rydalch. Jessica originally shared these tips as part of a...
Easy Isn’t Always Best: Take Back the Family Road Trip
For more than a decade we lived over 1,500 miles from most of our extended family. Every summer,...
Rethinking Screen Time Rewards
It's possible you've seen (or used!) a chore or routine chart that includes a checklist of chores...
Work With Your Kids to Plan a Fun Summer (Technology Boundaries Included!)
Create a Summer Screen Time Plan together. We want to give our kids ownership in the process. By...
The Reality of a Virtual Reality
My purpose is to provide understanding, hope, and direction for anyone who feels stuck in the...
Reset! 15 Independent Screen-Free Activities to Keep Our Kids Playing
Have you ever found yourself in a screen time slump? My husband and I made the decision to keep...
Our Screen-Free Gift Guide (including our family’s initiation gifts!)
Almost two years ago our family moved across the country from the Midwest to the Pacific...
Printable: Our Four-Phase Process
To print this image, just right-click and "Save image as..." and download to your device and...
Using Everyday Steps to Help You Put Technology in Its Proper Place
Over the past year I’ve read a lot of books, articles, and blog posts about screen time. I’ve...
Am I Ready for a Personal Device? {A Self-Evaluation for Teens}
{Note: This image only shows part of the list!} How do you decide when your child is ready for...
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How Your Tech Guidelines Can Change As Your Children Grow with Kathy Keller Jones [Audio]
How do you adapt your family technology guidelines as your children grow older? As a parent of...
Ready…or Not? A Cell-Phone-Ready Checklist to Use with Your Child
After reading No Regrets: Prepping for a Cell Phone, do you think your child may be ready for a...
Feature Phone to Smart Phone: A Four-Phase Process
Do you remember when your child was just learning to walk? Or perhaps when they learned to turn a...
No Regrets: Prepping for a Cell Phone
As I talk with parents “just ahead of me" and learn from my own experiences with a teenager, I...