Phones. Tablets. Games. Group chats.
Most screen-time fights don’t start with screens.
They start when tired brains meet big emotions.
Parents tell us they see themselves in things like:
✓Explaining and explaining but somehow making it worse
✓Adding consequences mid-meltdown, then regretting it
✓Being firm one day, flexible the next — guilt either way
✓Letting things slide…until suddenly clamping down hard
✓Using monitoring apps but getting less honesty, not more
If even one of these sounds familiar, this checklist shows what to adjust calmly, without power struggles.