{"id":3138,"date":"2016-12-15T17:13:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T17:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2022-03-18T05:41:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:41:42","slug":"ways-screentime-app-can-reduce-stress-increase-fun-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/blog\/ways-screentime-app-can-reduce-stress-increase-fun-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways the Screen Time app can reduce stress and increase fun on Christmas day."},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s only now we realise there\u2019s much more to a \u201chappy family Christmas\u201d than simply ensuring the correct brand of skateboard is purchased or that the color on the new phone cover contains an acceptable level of sparkle. [\/lead]

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The real challenge is the juggling act involved with keeping everyone – big kids, small kids AND grown ups – happy, while avoiding conflict and cross frowns at all costs. It\u2019s a day of high expectations from all parties. The parent would prefer the day to resemble his\/her \u00a0childhood Christmas. And the kids have their own ideas. Ideas which can quite often involve a device of some sort. Especially if they just unwrapped a new one from under the tree. And this is when problems occur. We didn\u2019t have an iPad to get lost behind in the 80s and we\u2019re not about to lose our children to theirs!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

And so begin the arguments.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully our app is pretty good at putting a stop to such conflicts with features like the handy 5 minute warning and the ability to set a daily time limit.<\/p>\n

There are lots of other ways to use the Screen Time features to your advantage on Christmas Day too. Below we\u2019ve highlighted classic Christmas day occurrences and how to handle them cleverly with our app:<\/p>

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