The purpose for having a phone contract is to make sure everyone in the family is on the same page and in agreement with cell phone expectations. The goals are to encourage relationship, conversation, and responsibility with and without devices.
The screentime battle isn’t going away anytime soon. But science continues to help us understand why that battle is important and how it may be impacting our kids in negative ways.
If your New Year’s resolution involves a tech or entertainment detox of some sort, then check out what the Plugged In team has to say.
AI dominated the tech world and social media was a mess. But 2023’s technological innovations helped make the world a better a place.
We have one more parental controls tutorial for 2023. We’ll have more in 2024, but for now, take advantage of this step-by-step guide.
While there’s a lot of problematic content on YouTube that lurks in the depths, some channels are the equivalent of life preservers.
At best YouTube can be addicting. At worse, it can lead us down some harmful rabbit holes. Here’s how to stop both.
Between new government regulations, chaos at OpenAI, and more and more reports of cheating via AI-generated content, AI is November’s top tech trend.
Apple TV+ has a lot of award-winning content. But that doesn’t mean those shows are necessarily family-friendly.
What is TikTok teaching our kids about the world?
Good media discernment is about guarding our eyes and hearts before we watch or listen. And it’s also about grappling with the entertainment we do see or hear. That’s why the Plugged In Blog is devoted to guarding, discussing and grappling. About Plugged In >>
