GUIDE
Family AI rules that actually stick
Why co-created household rules outlast imposed ones — and how to build them.
Rules kids help write, kids keep
The research on family media rules is consistent: agreements made with children are followed far better than rules handed down. Involvement creates ownership.
A few principles
- Fewer, clearer rules beat a long list nobody remembers.
- Shared spaces and off-times (no AI at bedtime, used in common rooms) do a lot of quiet work.
- No-punishment reporting is the rule that makes every other rule safer.
- Revisit as they grow — a 9-year-old's agreement isn't a 15-year-old's.
Make it real
Write it down, sign it together, and put it somewhere visible. Our Agreement Builder turns your choices into a printable family agreement in a couple of minutes.
General parenting guidance, not clinical advice.