{"product_id":"the-screen-smart-family-tech-rules-that-actually-work-in-real-homes-9798196786990","title":"The Screen-Smart Family: Tech Rules That Actually Work in Real Homes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sophia Lane\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Developmental - Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou already know screens are a problem. What you need is a plan that works on a Tuesday night.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou've heard the research. You've read the warnings. You may have tried the screen-time apps, the no-phones-at-dinner rule, and the agreement that lasted six days before collapsing under the weight of a gaming tournament, a sick grandchild, and a work emergency. The problem isn't information. It's implementation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost families don't lack screen-time rules. They lack rules that survive contact with real life: rules borrowed from guidelines designed for labs, not homes with competing adults, tired children, school-issued Chromebooks, and social media that everyone else's kid already has. The gap between knowing what a rule should be and making it hold on day 47 is the real problem this book solves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Screen-Smart Family introduces the Screen Architecture, a four-step household framework built around Audit, Agree, Apply, and Recover. It is designed for the messy, negotiated reality of family life. Every chapter starts from a real household situation and works backward to what will actually stick, not the theoretically correct rule, but the one that holds through spring break, summer vacation, and the weekend at Grandma's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to conduct a 10-minute family tech audit and build a written household tech agreement in one sitting, with buy-in from every family member who can hold a pen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge-specific device frameworks from toddler years through high school, including the phone decision, the teenage renegotiation, and social media delay strategies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScripts for the five most common forms of kid pushback, and the neuroscience behind why they happen and why they stop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to coordinate with co-parents, partners, and grandparents who don't share your approach, and reach a livable agreement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA restart protocol that treats rule breakdown as a scheduled event, not a failure, so you never have to start from zero again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for parents who have already accepted that screens are an issue and need an operational map for their specific home. It is secular, non-judgmental, and built on the research without the clinical detachment that makes most advice impossible to apply at seven in the morning on a school day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo rules that hold beat ten rules that dissolve. This is how you find yours.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892586922135,"sku":"9798196786990","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196786990.webp?v=1781187578","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-screen-smart-family-tech-rules-that-actually-work-in-real-homes-9798196786990","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}