Find balance as a family

Set screen time limits with your kids

Include your kids in helping define digital ground rules that make sense for everyone.

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  Manage app usage.

  See how much time your kids spend on their favorite apps with weekly or monthly activity reports, and set time limits for apps on their device.

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  Lock a device.

  Whether it’s time to go play outside, have dinner, or just spend time together, Family Link allows you to remotely lock a device whenever it’s time to take a break.

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  Set screen time limits.

  Decide the right amount of screen time as a family, and set time limits and bedtimes for their devices. You can also grant bonus screen time when your child needs a few more minutes to finish up what they’re doing.

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  Pause your Wi-Fi.

  Nest Wifi and Google Wifi allow you to decide when your family has access to the Internet by pausing connectivity on one or all devices simultaneously, or help your kids wind down by scheduling a break.

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  Manage video time.

  YouTube Kids allows you to set up a timer to put limits on how long your kids can spend watching videos.

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Have the tech talk

Start a conversation with your kids on how to be smart, safe, and kind on the Internet.

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  Learn about digital citizenship and safety.

  Be Internet Awesome helps kids become smart, confident explorers online with the Interland game for kids, resources for parents, and a robust curriculum for teachers.

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  Play your way to being Internet awesome.

  Interland gives your kids a fun, engaging way to practice Be Internet Awesome's lessons of digital safety and citizenship.

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Guide them to the good stuff

Discover and curate content that your kids will like (and you will too).

• Guide them to good content

  

  Get teacher-recommended apps.

  It can be hard to figure out what apps are right for your kids, so Family Link shows you teacher-recommended apps that you can add directly to their device.^*

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  Choose the right experience for your family.

  Parent Approved Mode allows you to choose the videos and channels your kids have access to.

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  Automatically block explicit websites.

  With Nest Wifi and Google Wifi, you can turn on Google’s SafeSearch to automatically block content from the devices your kids use.

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Play together

Setting time aside each week to use technology with your kids is a great way to understand what interests them, and to learn and explore together as a family.

• See the world together.

  With Google Earth you can take a guided tour around the globe with some of the world's leading storytellers and scientists.

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  Discover what’s possible.

  The real magic of YouTube Kids isn’t the videos — it’s what happens next. When kids discover a new interest on YouTube Kids, they lose themselves in exploration. They paint, build, learn, cook, and play and can’t wait to show off what they’ve accomplished. And with a suite of parental controls, grown-ups can ensure it’s always the right experience for their family.

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Explore offline activities

Technology can provide great jumping-off points for all sorts of offline experiences. Map your way to a hike for the whole family, discover a new recipe to cook, or start a DIY project with some guidance from a helpful video.