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Ian McCready
2 Questions That Reveal a Screen Time Problem

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

2 Questions That Reveal a Screen Time Problem

Here's what two simple questions reveal about your child's screen time habits and whether unhealthy patterns are developing.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
You have permission

Jul 9, 2026

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3 min read

You have permission

The choice we've been convinced we don't have.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
This 1 Habit Cuts Screen Time More Than Any App

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

This 1 Habit Cuts Screen Time More Than Any App

After 100+ hours of talks, the answer is still embarrassingly simple.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
Stop Screen Sandwiching Your Day 🥪

Jun 25, 2026

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2 min read

Stop Screen Sandwiching Your Day 🥪

How the morning and evening shapes everything in-between

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
Your kid has one of these 2 motivators

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

Your kid has one of these 2 motivators

Here's how to find out which and let their motive lead behavior change (instead of smothering them with your own)

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
How To Talk With Your Kids About "Lunch Shaming"

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

How To Talk With Your Kids About "Lunch Shaming"

A new bullying trend is making kids too afraid to eat at school.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
Reviewing Meta's New Child Safety Settings

Jun 4, 2026

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4 min read

Reviewing Meta's New Child Safety Settings

Meta released new child safety tools. Do they really make Facebook and Instagram a better space for our kids?

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
Dissecting the Surgeon General's 5Ds Framework

May 28, 2026

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3 min read

Dissecting the Surgeon General's 5Ds Framework

The surgeon general just dropped some suggestions. I added some of my own.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
One real change > 1000 good ideas

May 21, 2026

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3 min read

One real change > 1000 good ideas

How one small change saved thousands of lives.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
Do school phone bans actually work?

May 14, 2026

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3 min read

Do school phone bans actually work?

What a 3-year study on phone use in schools found about the effectiveness of phone bans.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
5 Ways to Sniff Out Skewed Data

May 7, 2026

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3 min read

5 Ways to Sniff Out Skewed Data

How not to fall for clickbait headlines and make more data-driven decisions around screen time and social media.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
You've Got A Friend?

Apr 30, 2026

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3 min read

You've Got A Friend?

Can Chatbots make you less lonely? Here's what the research says.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
You be the judge

Apr 23, 2026

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3 min read

You be the judge

The most surprising thing about the Meta trials.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
I’m done making excuses for Mark Zuckerberg

Apr 16, 2026

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5 min read

I’m done making excuses for Mark Zuckerberg

Meta's secret is out.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
5 mistakes parents make trying to regulate screen time

Apr 9, 2026

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6 min read

5 mistakes parents make trying to regulate screen time

And what a four year study revealed about screen time limits for kids.

Ian McCready
Ian McCready
What Virginia's 1-Hr Screen Time Law Won't Solve

Apr 3, 2026

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7 min read

What Virginia's 1-Hr Screen Time Law Won't Solve

Three reasons laws can’t replace the role of parents and teachers in this fight

Ian McCready
Ian McCready

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