After years of storing our TV in the closet, living in a small home, and losing most of our...
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How to Create Your Own Family Blackout Night
We include instructions, ideas for your blackout box, and printable invitations in our Family...
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...
10 Easy, Screen-Free Ideas to Help You Connect with Your Kids Today
The following is a guest post from Lyndsey Wells of Boy Moms Unite. "Screen time" is...
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...
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...
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...
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...