Turning it off starts a war
The end of screen time is the worst ten minutes of the day.
Courses
Start with three things you can do today
How to reduce kids' screen time without a daily fight
End the daily screen battle with rules you can keep.
A course for households where screens are a constant fight. It covers what the evidence actually says about screens at different ages, why the end of screen time is the flashpoint, how to set limits that hold, and how to help children manage their own use as they grow.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
Screens are a daily fight in our house. Help me understand what screen time does at different ages and set rules my kids can live with and I can actually keep.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
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Three things you can do before the course exists.
Useful on their own. The course is for when you want the whole skill, not just the first move.
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Agree the rules when nobody is holding a device
Sunday morning, not Tuesday at bedtime. Rules made in calm get followed; rules made mid-episode get fought.
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Give a two minute warning and a next thing
"Two minutes, then we are making the pizza." The end of screen time is the flashpoint, and a next activity is what softens it.
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Put your own phone away at dinner
Children copy what they see more than what they are told. One device-free meal a day changes the household default.
- Best for
- Parenting
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- How old are your children, and what do they use screens for most?
- Where does the fight happen: getting them off, how much, or what they watch?
- What rules exist now, and how consistently are they kept?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You feel guilty either way
Too much feels bad, and so does the fight over less.
You want them to self-manage eventually
Rules for now, judgement for later.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Screens and children, honestly
What research supports, what it does not, and the difference by age.
Content and displacement
Why what they watch and what it replaces matter more than minutes.
Rules made in calm
Agreeing limits when nobody is holding a tablet.
The transition
Warnings, endings and what to do next, so stopping is not a cliff.
Your own screens
What children learn from watching you.
Growing into judgement
Handing over control in steps.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Know what the evidence says
Age, content and displacement, and what actually matters versus what makes headlines.
Set limits that hold
Clear, predictable rules, agreed in calm, with the ending built in.
Handle the transition
Why stopping is the hard part and how to make it easier.
Teach self-management
Moving from rules you enforce to judgement they own.
Ideas this course corrects
All screen time is harmful
Content, context and what it replaces decide the effect. A video call with grandparents is not an autoplay feed.
A strict limit fixes it
A limit enforced by conflict teaches children to fight for screens. Predictability and involvement work better than severity.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
How to reduce kids' screen time without a daily fight: what can I do today?
Agree the rules when nobody is holding a device. Sunday morning, not Tuesday at bedtime. Rules made in calm get followed; rules made mid-episode get fought. Give a two minute warning and a next thing. "Two minutes, then we are making the pizza." The end of screen time is the flashpoint, and a next activity is what softens it. Put your own phone away at dinner. Children copy what they see more than what they are told. One device-free meal a day changes the household default.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course for households where screens are a constant fight. It covers what the evidence actually says about screens at different ages, why the end of screen time is the flashpoint, how to set limits that hold, and how to help children manage their own use as they grow. It sits under Parenting in the Life & growth part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
Screens are a daily fight in our house. Help me understand what screen time does at different ages and set rules my kids can live with and I can actually keep.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.