Screen Smart

STOP THE SCREEN FIGHTS.

Fewer fights. Clearer rules. Kids who can log off.
Screens are part of family life. The difficult part is knowing where they fit.
Screen Smart gives parents a calm, practical plan for managing screens, phones, social media and AI without turning every evening into another argument.
Instead of relying on guilt, endless negotiations or one magic number of screen-time minutes, this book helps you understand what is actually happening in your home and build rules around the things that matter most.
Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Run a simple one-week screen audit
• Build a one-page Family Tech Plan with your children
• End screen sessions with fewer arguments
• Decide whether your child is ready for a phone
• Establish practical social media rules
• Talk with children and teenagers about AI
• Create healthier screen-free family routines
• Recover when your family's technology plan slips
• Follow a practical 30-day reset, one small step at a time

The book covers different stages of childhood, from babies and young children through the teenage years, while recognizing that every family has different circumstances.
You will also find practical tools, including a Family Tech Plan template, a 7-Day Screen Audit and a Phone Readiness Checklist.
This is not a book about creating a screen-free childhood.
It is about helping your family create a home where technology has a place, without allowing technology to decide what happens next.
If you are tired of repeating the same screen-time argument, unsure when to introduce a phone, worried about social media, or trying to understand how AI fits into your child's life, Screen Smart gives you a practical place to begin.