Internet and Screen Time Limits

Why Internet and Screen Time Limits Matter

Research shows that too much screen time is bad for your kids’ development, but limiting Internet access isn’t always easy. The Center for Disease shared that kids as young as 8 years old average time on screens is 6 hours, and it only goes up from there. Ages 11-14 average 9 hours per day; ages 15-18 average 7.5 hours per day, and 18+ are on screens for a whopping 11 hours a day. That’s almost every hour of daylight.

Wouldn’t it be helpful if the Internet came with its own timer to help prevent your kids from overdoing it online? Now it does, with Circle’s Time Limits.

Time Limits give parents the freedom to stop worrying about how much time their kids are spending on apps or websites that aren’t positively engaging their minds. Plus, it’s easy to check how your kids are spending most of their screen time in order to figure out where limits need to be set in the future.

In just a few taps, you can rest assured that your kids aren’t bingeing YouTube videos instead of studying. All you have to do is set up your family’s Time Limits.

Benefits of Circle’s Time Limits for Internet and Screen Time

With Circle’s Time Limits, you get to set each family member’s profile, and walk away knowing your kids are safe from too much of a good thing—the Internet.

Rather than constantly peering over your kids’ shoulders to check if they’re still on social media, with Time Limits, you can simply set those apps to no longer be available after 30 minutes.

• Customize Time Limits for each of your family member’s profiles.

• Set up different Time Limits for apps, categories of sites, and a Daily Time Limit.

• Track your kids’ Internet usage.

• Change time limits from anywhere, anytime.

Pre-setting Time Limits on weekdays and weekends to fit your family’s needs takes one more thing off your mental to-do list. During the week, when your kids should be focused on their schoolwork, you can pre-set their allotted Time Limit on Facebook or Snapchat apps. When Fri-yay rolls around, that daily Time Limit for Snapchat is already pre-set to automatically allow for a few extra minutes.

How Circle’s Internet and Screen Time Limits Work

Each family member profile has its own dedicated Time Limits for apps, categories of sites, and a Daily Time Limit. Once a Time Limit is reached on an app, site category, or all sites (depending on the type of Time Limit) access will be unavailable. It’s important to note that sites set to Unmanaged will still be accessible even if a Time Limit is reached.

For instance, to set up a Daily Time Limit, all you have to do is select a profile to open that family member's settings, choose Time Limits, and then tap the selector beneath the profile picture to pick the total amount of time for the day. Don’t forget to save!

You can easily go back and change a Time Limit setting for any of your family profiles at any time. And your kids can always check their Time Limits on their dashboard.