Family · Parenting
Family Screen-Time Agreement
The rules apply to adults too
Screen fights are exhausting because most families never actually made an agreement — they just react. This sheet is the agreement, made together, with rules that apply to adults too.
Screen-free times and places (for everyone)
- Meals
- The first 30 minutes after school / after work
- The last hour before bed
- Bedrooms overnight (phones charge in the kitchen)
- One shared activity per week
Age-appropriate limits
Kid / age
Daily recreational limit
Platforms allowed
What adults are agreeing to
How we handle a bad screen day
Not punishment — a reset. What we do together instead.
Modeling beats rules
Kids will match the phone habits they see, not the ones they're told about. The adult phone contract is the whole ballgame.