{"id":2021,"date":"2016-04-27T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2022-03-18T05:47:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:47:49","slug":"parents-are-no-longer-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/blog\/parents-are-no-longer-the-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"From the horse\u2019s mouth: Parents are no longer the enemy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Screen Time Labs release new film about their <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">parental control app<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Parents \u2018no longer the enemy\u2019 when it comes to monitoring kids <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">screen time<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pause button a favourite feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4120\" src=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/from_the_horses_mouth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Straight from the production room comes a timely short film from parents who use the Screen Time app. Describing many familiar situations before <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">screen time<\/a> was controlled of petty arguments, a daily battle field over usage, tablets being the focal point of the day, the parents convey a shared sense of despair and frustration that is common place at home when it comes to mobile technology use by children.<\/p>\n<p>With the discovery of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">Screen Time parental control app<\/a>, parents are no longer the enemy as it\u00a0takes away the \u2018daily battle\u2019 of encouraging their kids to put down their tablet or smart phone and do something else instead.\u00a0 On the film, Mums and Dads talk about their relief of regaining control via responsive and passive route, <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/features\/pause-and-play\/\">the joy of the pause button<\/a> and, for some, their delight of a new-found eagerness for chores in return for <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">screen time<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/features\/homework-and-tasks\/\"> rewards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about the film, founder <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/team\/steve-vangasse\/\">Steve Vangasse<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been told many stories by our customers about how our app has changed family life for the better and we wanted to capture these on film.\u00a0 Our short video allows parents across the globe hear how arguments in the family home over <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">screen time<\/a> can be readily resolved with our parental control app.\u00a0 What\u2019s more, as testified in the film, for some we\u2019ve been able to generate enthusiasm for household chores and helped kids get active.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film is released at a time when there is increasing concern both in UK and US about rising levels of obesity in children and poor behaviour which some experts believe is, in part, due to the amount of time kids spend on screens. The \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/14401828.We_have_to_be_creative_to_get_children_moving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting Kids Moving<\/a>\u2019 report from Leeds Beckett University states that one in five parents don\u2019t put any limits on their children\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">screen time<\/a> which, the report suggests, is having an impact on how active kids are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How could Screen Time help your family?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Try a<a href=\"https:\/\/remote.screentimelabs.com\/?a=signup#\/signup\"> free trial of Screen Time<\/a> for Android or Apple iOS now and let us know how it changes your family life. If you\u2019re already using Screen Time, don\u2019t keep it to yourself &#8211; share it with other parents!<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video now:<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Straight from the production room comes a timely short film from parents who use the Screen Time app. Describing many familiar situations before <a href=\"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/\">screen time<\/a> was controlled of petty arguments, a daily battle field over usage, tablets being the focal point of the day, the parents convey a shared sense of despair and frustration that is common place at home when it comes to mobile technology use by children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":4120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-press","category-parenting-hacks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New video shows parental control app | Screen Time Labs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Screen Time Labs release new film about their parental control app showing how it helps families manage kids&#039; screen time. 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