Family Media Plan Builder
Agree the screen rules once, in writing, together.
Free. No account, no email, nothing to install.Parents · Grades K–5
Private, printable planning tool
Build your family media plan
Choose the priorities and boundaries that fit your household. The plan updates below; there is no account, timer, or single “correct” daily limit.
Your draft
Our family media plan
- What we want media to support
- protect sleep and wind-down time; protect family conversation and shared time; leave room for movement and outdoor play; use media for creating and learning, not only watching
- Media-free times and places
- Meals are media-free so everyone can eat and talk without competing for attention. Entertainment media waits during homework and reading; required learning tools are used for the task at hand. Entertainment media ends before the bedtime routine, and devices charge outside sleeping spaces when practical.
- How we choose and use content
- We look at the content, purpose, age guidance, and independent reviews—not only whether an app is called educational. Children ask an adult before downloading, buying, creating an account, joining a chat, or sharing information. We ask questions, play or watch together sometimes, and make it safe to report confusing or uncomfortable content. We agree on the stopping point before starting and give a calm reminder before the transition when possible.
- When it is hard to stop or calm down
- Our first screen-free reset option is: read, draw, build, or make something. Adults will model the same calm transition they expect from children.
- Our check-in
- We will revisit this plan after one week, listen to what is working, and change rules that are unclear or unrealistic.
Your choices stay in this browser and are not saved.
How to use it
- Set the rules for when and where screens happen.
- Decide together what the consequences are.
- Print it and put it on the fridge.
The thinking behind it
Family Media Plan for School-Age Kids: Free Builder
Create a private, printable family media plan that protects sleep, learning, play, and connection without treating every screen activity as equal.