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Hey Dad! Quick Guide #02

The Phone Can Wait.

A Dad’s Guide to Raising Kids Who Can Focus, Connect and Thrive Beyond the Screen

Ages 4–1242 chapters · about 73 pages · PDF

$7.00

Screens aren’t the enemy, but they were built to compete for your child’s attention. This guide helps you end the daily battles, protect sleep and family time, and teach kids the skill that matters most: being able to say, “It can wait.”

  • 42 chapters on screen-time battles, gaming, YouTube, social media and online safety
  • Scripts for the hardest moments: “Five more minutes!”, meltdowns and “Everyone else gets to!”
  • A whole-family plan: screen-free zones and times, a 7-Day Reset and a 30-Day Digital Balance Challenge
  • Printable Family Digital Agreement
  • Instant PDF download
  • Printable pages
  • Secure checkout
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Is this for you?

It’s not about zero screens. It’s about a life bigger than screens. The old question, “How much screen time is too much?”, misses the point. This guide helps you ask a better one: “What is the screen replacing?” You’ll learn to protect sleep, movement, play and family time rather than just counting minutes.

Say this

“You’ve got ten minutes left.” … “Five minutes.” … “Time. Save it and come join us.”

What you’ll learn

  • Why “just turn it off” starts fights, and what works instead
  • How to build screen-free places and times your whole family can keep
  • How to protect the bedroom and sleep
  • How to approach gaming, short videos and social media without panic
  • How to teach digital self-control: Stop, Think, Choose, Switch, Return
  • How to model the behaviour you want to see

What’s inside

Part One: The problem is bigger than screen time
Part Two: Building a healthier digital home
Part Three: What your child is actually doing online
Part Four: The battles dads really have
Part Five: Teaching digital self-control
Part Six: The Dad Plan
Part Seven: The Dad Cheat Sheet

Printable tools included

Family Digital Agreement7-Day Reset30-Day ChallengeScreen-Free Zones and TimesDad’s Phone Audit

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