Parenting guide 01 · Free for parents
The Phone Reset Agreement
A one-page contract that ends the nightly screen battle — without shouting, shaming, or surveillance.
If bedtime in your house has become a tug-of-war over a glowing rectangle, you're not failing as a parent. You're parenting a teen whose brain is being engineered for compulsion by some of the smartest engineers on Earth.
What's inside
- The four pillars of a workable screen-time reset (no app blockers required)
- Word-for-word contract you can print, sign together, and stick on the fridge tonight
- What to expect — and what to say — in the first seven days of pushback
- Why confiscation backfires, and the one shift that turns enforcer into co-author
After 30 years in the classroom and now as a school manager, I know a few secrets about dealing with teenagers — let me share these secrets with you today.
Who this is from
From the classroom to your kitchen table.
I'm Lourens. After 30 years in the classroom and now as a school manager, I know a few secrets about dealing with teenagers — let me share these secrets with you today.
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