Tech Tips for Families

Need help strategizing with your family about how to keep a healthy balance screen time and everything else available to us?! The links below offer different ways to talk about, monitor, limit and block device functions. These change regularly – and new ones are always in development – so please let us know what you discover works for you!

Home Use of Technology Agreement helps families start talking about technology use at home.

Common Sense Media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ (Click “Parents Need to Know”)

Cold Turkey: https://getcoldturkey.com/

Screen Time for Mac iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982

RescueTime: https://www.rescuetime.com/

Circle by Disney: https://meetcircle.com/

Find Focus (resource info): https://findfocus.net/stayfocusd/

StayFocused [Chrome browser extension]: https://meetcircle.com/

Microsoft Family Safety: https://account.microsoft.com/family/about

CDS Middle School Parent Technology Users Group: https://www.parentsquare.com/groups/17238/feeds

Block Site Google Chrome extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-site-website-blocke/eiimnmioipafcokbfikbljfdeojpcgbh?hl=en