Tired of Fighting with Your Kids About Screens?
Mindful Parenting in the ScreenAge
Our courses teach parents to model healthy tech-use habits, establish limits with kids and develop a common language to negotiate change.
An Online Course with the Support you Need
We tried to get our kids off screens with apps, tools, sabbaticals and even a 30-day wilderness expedition. But we found behavior change requires the real, mundane, often-frustrating job of parenting. We've curated the best tools for you, added our knowledge and years of experience as well as a supportive online community.
Imagine...
Feeling confident setting limits, reducing anxiety at home and controlling how digital media influences your family.
Kids today are glued to the phone, sleep deprived, binge on video games, social media dependent, anxiety-ridden and struggle to develop social skills.
Parents today are overwhelmed, tired of fighting, feel out of control, scared for their kids' future and often, addicted to tech ourselves.
Don't feel badly! We're the first generation of parents raising digital natives using outdated models from our own analog childhood. We need more than an app!
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The (New) Inconvenient TRUTH
Adolescent brains are not prepared to resist the lure of addictive digital media.
Be Their Digital Mentor
It’s up to us, the parents -- not our kids' peers, schools or the tech companies -- to guide them towards a healthy tech-life balance. We tried the easy ways:
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Hiding devices? They sneak them, or go to a friends' house.
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Parental Controls? You need operating instructions and all families are different.
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Do as I say? Kids smell hypocrisy and tune out.
Although kids won't admit it, parental approval remains a powerful motivator in their lives, even after they leave home.
What's an Online Course? We weren't willing to wait for the tech giants to offer a realistic solution, so we created one ourselves. Our unique approach is:
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Customizable
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Actionable
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Comprehensive
Dan
"Raising two teenage girls as a single dad is tough enough in the analog world, and screens add more friction to the parent-teen relationship. It’s unrealistic to cut off the benefits of tech media because it is how my kids stay connected to their friends. It’s a relief to have a trusted guide to coach us through the new habits to develop around tech use."
Ant
"Putting a screen contract in place has brought life back into our home. My wife and I started with the no cell phone at the dinner table, then looked at restricting time for our girls. It would not have been possible without a screen contract. Thank you Marissa and Sherri!"
Shelley
"Most parents know they have to do something about screen overuse, but it’s hard to know what to do first. This course helped so MUCH! The content is excellent, the worksheets are valuable, and the way it’s delivered is truly unique. This course led me to revelations about how technology is affecting me, my children and society as a whole."
Bridgette
"Beyond the challenges of normal adolescence, my son is dyslexic, so he has to try 3x as hard to get good grades and he finds the work boring. Agreeing to boundaries around screen use was a huge help. His focus improved, he learned to manage his time, set goals and even got an internship in his with music producer! We’re thrilled."
Your Children Want Limits
The first step to stopping the constant fighting about screens is creating a parent-child agreement around tech and media use. We call it a Screen Contract and it's the most powerful tool in our parenting box.
Discover how to stop screen battles, protect mental health and combat tech-addiction
Take control of technology before it controls you!
Your kids are worth the fight!
Regina's Story
"We gave our kids phones in middle school, but quickly screens began affecting them in disturbing ways. We often don't get home from work until dinnertime, so constant nagging or hiding devices wasn’t an option. Marissa and Sherri recommended the right technology and helped us create family systems that work for us. Now, we feel more in control of tech and media and we’re confident that we can manage the way technology impacts our family over time"
Regina, mom of 15 and 13-year-old girls
Is your family set
to endure the relay race of life?
Learn how to work as a team with parents in the lead, modeling the best tech-use form, keeping on track and avoiding tripping hazards. Pick up your teammates when they fall and show them how to avoid mistakes in the future. The ultimate win in this race is when your kids are finally ready, through years of practice and your help, to make wise choices and run with the baton all by themselves. That is the greatest victory of all!
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