The sneaky science behind your kid’s tech obsessions
The first step toward resisting the pull of digital products recognizing the tricks they use to keep you hooked.
The ugly truth behind pretty pictures
Help your kids resist the Photoshop effect.
5 tips for picking your preschooler’s first TV shows
When you’re 2 or 3, every show is a new show. Read these tips for choosing titles you and your kids will love.
10 tips to get your kids hooked on books
Kids become lifelong readers for all kinds of reasons. These tips will get them started.
How to talk to teens about dealing with online predators
Use this script to kick off a conversation with your kid.
Common Sense Media: Best family movies of 2020
Our top-rated films of the year for kids, tweens, and teens.
Common Sense Media: Winter break activities for families
Embrace the fun over winter break with these creative activity ideas.
Common Sense Media: How to help kids stay focused during distance learning
To make sure kids stay on task, use an automated to-do list, an at-a-glance scheduler, a site blocker, or another digital tool to prevent distractions.
Common Sense Media: The ultimate guide to parental controls
Do you need parental controls? What are the options? Do they really work? Here’s everything you need to know.
Common Sense Media: Kids’ mental health tech tools for suicide help, coping skills and professional support
Apps, sites, and text hotlines help kids cope with issues from cyberbullying to suicide.
Common Sense Media: Online playdates, game nights and other ways to socialize at a distance
Fire up FaceTime and get the fun started with ideas from show-and-tell to charades.
16 tips to keep kids motivated for online learning
Helpful tips and techniques to encourage and motivate your kids during virtual lessons in what promises to be a very unusual school year.
How to guide your kids through election season
In a fraught political era, news literacy skills help kids view information critically and become informed citizens.
Tips and tricks to manage your kid’s school-issued computer
From parental controls to consequences for misuse, here’s everything you need to know.
Should you read your kid’s texts?
Dos and Don’ts for sneaking a peek at your kid’s phone.
6 ways to support kids’ mental health right now
As the pandemic pushes kids’ lives even more online, their mental health depends on parental support — and a lot less anti-tech talk.
5 signs of screen overload – and how to handle them
From poor sleep to headaches, signs that it’s time for kids to take a break can take many forms.
A parent’s ultimate guide to Messenger Kids
Under the right circumstances — and with plenty of oversight — Messenger Kids can help young kids connect. But is social media OK for this age group?
A parent’s ultimate guide to YouTube Kids
Is YouTube Kids really safe for kids? Learn more about this kid-targeted, but sometimes iffy, YouTube-lite app.
10 ways to use media to raise anti-racist kids
Movies, TV, and books can be powerful teaching tools when it comes to helping kids understand race, racism, and a history of racial oppression.