Screen Coin is a system to help parents manage their children’s screen time. It is a fun system that promotes budgeting, communication, time management and quality family time.
The System
The Screen Coin System consists of the coins, a tray and a fully customizable family contract.
In addition to the coins and tray, we discovered that, in order for this plan to work, a contract between parents and children had to be created in order to get the kids to buy into the program. We talked about the contract, went over the rules and limits and everyone signed it.
It was very important that the kids had input on the contract along with us as their parents. It only took a few days for them to embrace the system and now, several months in, it is part of our routine.
The part that works well for parents is, once the contract is signed and the system is in place, Screen Coin removes the responsibility of “taking the screen away” from the parents and puts it on the signed contract.
The program teaches kids how to budget their time (using the coins), negotiate, how to follow rules, how to be a part of the conversation about technology, and how to respect family values around screen time. It helps to increase communication between parents and children and helps parents open up more time to spend together. Use Promo Code qodiscounts15 at checkout to receive 15% off your order! Check out the info to learn more.
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Shannon Baas says
other than schoolwork, no screen time during the week.
Dorothy Boucher says
There is no screen time, computer or gaming during school week.
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Lisa Kerr says
Right at the moment I don’t really monitor his screen time.
Anna Parks says
I haven’t closely monitored screen time in the past. Now I have been trying to cut it out completely to give the kiddos a little detox and show them all the other fun things they can do. This is a clever way to limit and I think kids would think the colorful coins are fun.
Christina Gould says
My daughter is old enough to manager her own screen time, but if she wasn’t, I’d limit her screen time to an hour a day. Thanks for the giveaway!
Mary Rutter says
My children are all grown up so I don’t have to manage their time
Nicole S says
As my kids get older, I’ve been really thinking I probably should be starting to limit their time. These would help!
beth shepherd says
Right now, I trust them to keep track of their time.
Robin Abrams says
If they get good marks for the day at school and do their homework they each get a hour a night
Sarah Mathias says
Screen time is limited to weekends and school breaks.
Stephanie Liske says
They can play after chores and homework.
Justin Wood says
This is awesome, We, so, need this in our home.
Leela says
I’m having a hard time with that.
Joni Chadwell says
I’m a grandma… I don’t have to monitor. Everything is all good at grandma’s house.
joec says
no monitoring up to 7 PM at this time.
Laurie Emerson says
They are limited to 1 hour each evening after their homework and dinner is done.
Philip Lawrence says
I manage my grandchild’s screen time by reading about the shows and restricting their time to appropriate shows after their homework is done.