Fortnite addiction and parenting in the age of screens

Re:Fortnite addiction and parenting in the age of screens by r00fus on Friday December 07, 2018 @06:08PM (#18632533)

Timers are key. I have a special needs kid, and timers are doubly needed. For now I just say "20m" set the kitchen timer and when it rings, all the kids have to e.g. come to dinner.

I wish there were some good method for kids to "earn" screen time (ie, parent could add/approve) that would be automatically deducted on usage of the device(s) (with blackout times where usage isn't possible).

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Re:Fortnite addiction and parenting in the age of screens by rootusrootus on Friday December 07, 2018 @06:54PM (#18632772)

For iOS devices, Screen Time does that. My kids have iPads and I set certain hours they are allowed to be used at all, time limits per day, and if they run out of time they can ask for more and I can approve via my watch/phone. I set the daily time limit pretty low and then give them opportunities to earn a bit more, which I dynamically add to their total.

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