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Screen-Time Calculator

Tell us your child's age and bedtime, and we'll suggest a common starting point for daily screen time, a sample day, and a printable agreement you can sign together. This is a helpful guide, not a rule — you know your child best.

Based on American Academy of Pediatrics guidance. See the AAP Family Media Plan (accessed August 2026)

Your child

years old

Type an age, or pick an age group below.

Which kind of day?

We use this to plan a calm, screen-free wind-down before bed.

A common starting point

For a 8-year-old on a school day

1 hours 30 minutes

of recreational screen time

Keep the daily amount consistent, protect the hour before bed as screen-free, and keep meals screen-free too.

This is a starting point that many families use — not a prescription. Quality of content and how you use screens together matter as much as the number on the clock. Adjust it to fit your child and your family.

A sample day

One way a school day could flow. Move the blocks around to fit your family — it's a picture, not a timetable.

  1. 08:00–15:30

    School & homework

  2. 15:30–16:15

    Screen time (part 1)

  3. 16:15–18:45

    Outdoor & family time

  4. 18:45–19:30

    Screen time (part 2)

  5. 19:30–20:30

    Screen-free wind-down

    Screens go off about an hour before bed so it's easier to fall asleep.

  6. 20:30

    Lights out

Your Family Media Agreement

Pre-filled from your answers. Print it, fill in the blanks together, and stick it on the fridge.

Our Family Media Agreement

We agree to these rules together as a family:

  1. Screen time on a school day is about 1 hours 30 minutes, and about 2 hours on weekends.
  2. Screens go off by ______________ each night — about an hour before bedtime at 8:30 PM.
  3. Devices charge outside the bedroom overnight — everyone, parents included.
  4. Meals are screen-free.
  5. We ask a parent before downloading anything, and there are no purchases without a parent.
  6. The honesty promise: tell us if something goes wrong online, and you won't lose your device for it.
  7. We'll look at this agreement again on ______________ (date) and change what needs changing.

Child's signature

Parent's signature

Parent's signature

Date

Made with the free KindEye Screen-Time Calculator — kind-eye.com

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Rules are easier to keep when screens help you keep them

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