Raising kids. With Wi-Fi in the house.
Practical reads for parents: screen time without the nightly fight, the games and apps your kids talk about, and how to protect them without spying on them.
The screen time fight isn’t about screen time
Most evening arguments start when a rule feels arbitrary. A simple voucher turns “five more minutes” into a deal your kid helped make.
Latest articles
- Games and apps
What is Roblox, actually? A parent’s tour
It’s not one game, it’s millions of them. What your kid does there, who they meet and which settings matter.
- AI and kids
Your kid is talking to AI. Here is what to ask about it
Chatbots are already part of homework and boredom. Five questions that open the conversation without an interrogation.
- Privacy
Protecting is not the same as watching
Why KidsProxy decides what comes in, but doesn’t read what your kid writes, and why that makes the protection work better.
- Setup guides
Setting up the KidsProxy Box, start to finish
Plug it in, name your kids, pick their devices. A walkthrough of every step, from the cable to the first voucher.
- Screen time
Phones at the dinner table: a rule that survives Tuesday
The rule is easy on Sunday. Here is how families keep it going when the week gets loud, parents included.
- Screen time
A bedtime for the Wi-Fi, not just for the kids
An internet pause at night ends the under-the-blanket scrolling without a single confiscated phone.
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- Games and apps8 min read
Discord, explained for parents who never used it
Servers, channels, voice chat and direct messages: what each one is and where the risks actually sit.
- Privacy6 min read
What a filter can do, and what only a conversation can
A filter keeps the worst of the internet out. It can’t explain what your kid saw at a friend’s house.
- AI and kids7 min read
Homework with ChatGPT: where help ends and copying starts
A line you can draw together with your kid, and how to talk to the teacher about it.
- Setup guides5 min read
Consoles, smart TVs, guest Wi-Fi: what the Box covers
Every device on your home network is protected without installing anything on it. Here is how that works.
- Privacy4 min read
Why we don’t collect your family’s data
KidsProxy runs inside your home network and sends no telemetry to us. What that means in plain terms.
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Smartie explains
Short answers to the questions parents type at 10 pm. Written with Smartie, the KidsProxy assistant, and checked by a human before it goes online.
What is a VPN, and why does my teen want one?
Usually not for anything sinister. Here is what it does, and what it means for the rules at home.
Is Roblox okay for an eight-year-old?
It depends on three settings most parents never open. We walk you through them.
How much screen time is normal at twelve?
There is no magic number. There is a better question to ask instead.
What is the difference between Snapchat and WhatsApp?
One forgets, one remembers. Why that matters for how kids use them.