PsychoticSheep23h ago
My nephews' PC (Dell Optiplex 790) was broken, as it turned out, the SSD had failed! So I replaced it with an old HDD (because that’s what I had on hand) and installed Debian directly via QEMU on the drive, since the PC was already open and I didn’t feel like using USB boot.

System: Debian (stable) + XFCE (nicely set up)
Programs: Learning software for elementary school and lower secondary school plus a few games
Browser: Firefox hardened with policies.json, all settings and addon installation blocked, only the addons I installed (uBlock, Ecosia, etc.) are allowed
Control: Screen time managed via Timekpr-next
Security: Instagram, Facebook, etc. and especially TikTok blocked via hosts; adult sites filtered via OpenDNS FamilyShield

#Debian #Linux #KidsPC #QEMU #XFCE #Firefox #BrowserSecurity #ScreenTime #ParentalControl #SafeInternet #OpenSource #Privacy #NoTikTok #LearningPC #FamilySafe #FilteredInternet
The Hollywood Reporter2d ago

New Streaming-Video App for Preschoolers Aims to End Screen Time
#TV #TVNews #Meevee #Screentime

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/meevee-streaming-service-preschoolers-end-screen-time-1236553760/

New Streaming-Video App for Preschoolers Aims to End Screen Time

They may not have thought this through.

The Hollywood Reporter
CBC Health2d ago
Have seniors become the new screenagers?
Sherry Bagnato isn’t a millennial or a screenager. She’s a 67-year-old retired Toronto mother of two, and her phone habits have flipped the script at home. Now, she admits, it’s her adult children telling her to put the device down.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/seniors-screentime-9.7144850?cmp=rss
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business2d ago

Taylor Lorenz’s Screen Time Is Almost 17 Hours a Day

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/user-behavior-taylor-lorenz/

Mette Hedegaard2d ago
(2/2) Når smartphonen ender i børnelommen langt tidligere, end de fleste forældre ønsker det, står vi med en udfordring, der kun kan løses i fællesskab. 
Lyst til at bruge dumme telefoner til at udskyde smartphonen sammen med andre forældre i klassen? 
Kontakt mig på 55609732 for at høre mere.
Jeg modtager med kyshånd kyndige tech-input fra jer på Mastodon på [email protected] ift. projektet
#ScreenTime #Privacy #DigitalMinimalism #DumbPhone #DanmarkSkifter #SmartphoneFreeChildhood
Dumbphone.dk2d ago

(2/2)
Når smartphonen ender i børnelommen langt tidligere, end de fleste forældre ønsker det, står vi med en udfordring, der kun kan løses i fællesskab. 

Lyst til at give dit barn en dum telefon sammen med de andre forældre i klassen?
Kontakt mig på 55609732 for at høre mere om, hvordan du kan gøre det.

Vi modtager med kyshånd kyndige tech-input fra jer på Mastodon på [email protected] ift. konceptet
#ScreenTime #Privacy #DigitalMinimalism #DumbPhone #DanmarkSkifter #SmartphoneFreeChildhood

CBC Top Stories3d ago
Have seniors become the new screenagers?
Sherry Bagnato isn’t a millennial or a screenager. She’s a 67-year-old retired Toronto mother of two, and her phone habits have flipped the script at home. Now, she admits, it’s her adult children telling her to put the device down.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/seniors-screentime-9.7144850?cmp=rss
Blaze TrendsMar 27
The UK government under PM Keir Starmer has officially issued new national guidance limiting screen time to one hour a day for children aged 2 to 5, and advising a complete blackout for children under two. #ScreenTime #UKPolitics #PublicHealth #TechNews
https://blazetrends.com/uk-bans-screen-time-for-infants-and-limits-under-fives-to-one-hour-a-day/?fsp_sid=204981
UK bans screen time for infants and limits under-fives to one hour a day

A nationwide crisis in early childhood development has triggered an unprecedented government intervention in the UK. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Education

Blaze Trends
Petra van CronenburgMar 27

Recently I was in a group with grannies (70+). One of them had brought her granddaughter (about 6) along, who got obviously bored. She kept her entertained with "funny" #TikTok videos. The girl wanted to explore our #books: 'Don't touch!'
And all these grandmothers, their eyes sparkling, could rattle off the names of the TikTok influencers who ‘keep children aged two and above entertained’. And calm. (Their parents, too!)

#ageRestriction #influencers #children #socialMedia #exposure #ScreenTime

Public Enemy ExposedMar 26

iOS Parents out there - do you also face a problem when you set App time-limits for the Kids, that the usage time continues running, even though they paused a video or stopped using an App to take a break or have a meal?

Any workaround?

#iOS #FamilySharing #ScreenTime #Parents #Parenting #Kids #Children