Jugl Quick Tip: Monitor Device Usage with Apple Screen Time

Let Apple be your device usage police!

On the one hand, simply taking devices away is important (especially overnight), but there’s a lot to be said for introducing systems to play the “bad cop” to help us regulate kids activity on their devices.

Apple has created the new Screen Time feature in iOS 12. The free feature provides reporting and the ability to set limits on how much time you and/or your kids spend on iPhones and iPads.

Here’s how to set up Apple Screen Time if you’re interested.

Jugl Press Mention: What Moms Wish They Knew about Breastfeeding Before Giving Birth

Amy was among the moms quoted in this article on Hello Giggles about what moms wish they knew about breastfeeding before giving birth.

Jugl Press Mention: 6 Things Moms Who Successfully Returned to Work While Breastfeeding Did

Amy was among the moms quoted in this article on The Everymom blog about what you need to know about returning to work while breastfeeding.

Nanny-related resources

Great childcare is the foundation that a working parent’s life is built on.  Taking time to build and maintain a great relationship with your nanny (or other childcare provider) is essential.

Click the button below for the editable Jugl nanny offer letter that you can use as a starting point.  It’s been crowdsourced starting with some moms in NYC over 15 years ago and has been revised and shared more times than we can track. 

Resources:

Jugl sample nanny offer letter (editable Word document)

What Do You Need from Your Nanny Worksheet by Jugl (editable Word document to help you prioritize what you need and what you want from your nanny.)

Jugl HomePay Affiliate Link (waives $100 registration fee for nanny tax service*)

HomePay also has great free resources like calculators and this helpful guide to household employment on their website.

*Please note: in addition to HomePay waiving the registration fee for Jugl readers, Jugl receives a referral fee if you sign up.  Amy has used the service for over a decade, and she reached out to HomePay to request this.  It is our policy at Jugl to disclose the use of affiliate links and to let our readers know if a product came to our attention as the result of an affiliate relationship.

Parenting: Talking to your kids about frightening news

Here are some resources that you may find helpful:

Talking to Children About Tragedies & Other News Events from the American Academy of Pediatrics

Helping Children Cope With Frightening News from the Child Mind Institute

Promoting Compassion and Acceptance in Crisis from the National Association of School Psychologists

Managing your distress in the aftermath of a shooting from the American Psychological Association

News and Children from the American Academy of Child and Adult Psychiatry

Explaining the News to Our Kids from Common Sense Media

Family Technology Contracts

Formal technology contracts are a really effective way to get kids (and adults) in the household on the same page regarding technology and facilitate open dialogue. If you are thinking about doing it, we highly recommend that you take the plunge!

Click the button below for the editable Jugl contract that you can use as a starting point, or check out the full blog post for more info.

Outside resources (and inspiration for ours):

Common Sense Media has a great template that Amy customized to create her family’s version (and also Jugl’s).

Janell Burley Hofmann’s hilarious and well-thought out phone rules are awesome and Amy used these for inspiration as well.

When You Just Need to Laugh: The Default Parent

If you have not yet read any blogs by the hilarious M. Blazoned, we have a treat for you!  Blazoned is insightful and funny as she gives a name to the role many of us find ourselves playing in our households.

If you like this, check out “The Default Parent Resume” afterwards.

Is this movie appropriate for my kids?

We Jugl’rs LOVE movies, but we HATE having to exit the theater in a hurry with a screaming child or shut a film off in the middle of streaming because we’re scaring the living daylights out of our younger one or inadvertently teaching the kids every curse word known to man (#ParentFail: like when we totally forgot how much cursing there is in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!!!).  Common Sense Media’s reviews are pretty even-handed and help us to go in eyes wide open regarding content, language, sex, violence, etc.

They have similar resources for books, games, apps and more.

When You Just Need to Laugh: Vacation or Trip?

Bad things happen if you think you are going on a “vacation,” but really you are going on a “family trip.”

If you have not yet read any blogs by the hilarious M. Blazoned, we have a treat for you!

Jugl Press Mention: 25 ways to make traveling with kids less chaotic

See Jugl’s advice in “25 ways to make traveling with kids less chaotic” from Time Out New York Kids.