This tool is meant to be a framework of conversation to help you establish healthy boundaries around digital media use in your home.
AAP Family Media Plan can be found here: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/
You and your kids will talk through specific examples of responsible digital behavior, discuss the reasons behind it, you will answer your kids’ questions (or objections), and together you reach an agreement about the digital rules for the family. The idea is to have kids’ buy-in on the rules, and clearly communicate parents’ expectations.
Family Media Rules are really a reflection of your family values, protecting what is most important in life – relationships, family time, physical health, sleep – from being displaced by mindless overuse of digital media. The plan can be customized for each child. If you register on the site, you can save the plan you created and print it out as pdf to give to each member of the family and/or display where everyone can see it.
The tool consists of 2 main parts: Family Media Plan and Media Time Calculator.