Contracts, Agreements & Screen Time Resources for Digital Parenting

Please email Marti if you know of a good contract, agreement or screen time resource that is not listed below.

• An Amusing But Pointed Poem for Kids With New Digital Devices – My poem penned in honor of National Poetry Month 2017, and aims to help kids and their parents take connected world issues seriously as they get started with devices and agreements. Feel free to share with your child when he or she gets a new device. Please note attribution requests on the poem’s page.
• Mayo Clinic – Screen time and Children: How to Guide Your Child
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAC) – SafetyNet Resources for Parents
• Great Tutorial for When Parents Set Up Kids’ New iPhones
• KidsPrivacy.wordpress.com – How to Create a Family Phone Contract
• Janell Burley Hoffman’s Huffington Post piece – To My 13-Year-Old, An iPhone Contract From Your Mom, With Love and An iPhone Contract for My Second Son With Love.
• MediaTechParenting – Cell Phone Contract and 9 Family Digital Citizenship Tips
• HealthyChildren.org (more from AAC) – Media Time Family Pledge
• USA Today – Study: Limiting Screen Time Improves Brain Function 
• Smart, Safe, and Social – 5 Keys to Creating a Social Media Contract for Your Child
• DigitalSavvyParent.com – Cell Phone Contract
• Nemours Children’s Health System – Reducing Screen Time for Kids
• Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D. in Psychology Today – Designing Family Contracts for Technology Use and also Flipping Parenting: My Family’s Media and Tech Agreement.
• Do you or your child think that multitasking is efficient? Read Multitasking is a Myth Says Author John Medina. It offers important information and guidance if you are setting up agreements with your children.
• SafeKids.com – Family Contract Information for Online Safety
• Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) – Online Safety Contract and Online Safety Cards for Kids’ Technology Gifts
• Center on Child and Media Health – Age-Related Tip Sheets for Parents
• Chicago Now – Family Cell Phone Use and Technology Use Policy by Carrie Goldman
• Common Sense Media – Cell Phone Parenting
• Connect Safely –  iSafety Tips and Advice for Parents
• Connect Safely – Family Contract for Cell Phone Use
• Edutopia – Creating a Family Agreement: How to Have the Conversation
• Digizen.org – Our Family Agreement About Being Online
• iMom.com – Cell Phone Contract
• iMom.com – Free Phone Contract Printables
• Common Sense Media – Family Media Agreements
• Federal Trade Commission – OnGuard Online Just for Parents
• U.S. Department of Justice – Family Internet Contract
• ATT – Mobile Safety Family Agreement 
• TigerMobiles.com – How to Protect Your Children on Their Smartphones