I thought I had a good handle on my kids' online activity until COVID hit and suddenly they were home 24/7 for a long time. In order to keep working, I had to

I thought I had a good handle on my kids' online activity until COVID hit and suddenly they were home 24/7 for a long time. In order to keep working, I had to give up on a lot of limits on screen time in order to retain my sanity. The rules we have settled on is that they can't use devices until at least 3 or 4pm. This manages to limit their screen time considerably and forces them to use their brains for most of the day. I installed Qustodio on their computers and made sure that everything on their is set with an age limit (including their windows account, youtube, and chrome account). You'd be surprised how much support there is now for limiting content for your kids. I also strongly discourage them from watching youtube videos and prefer them to actually play video games.