Earned screen-time rule planner
Updated 2026-09-08
The earned-time rule planner combines one eligible action, minutes per completion and a daily cap. It prints the rule and calculates how many whole rewarded completions fit inside that cap; it never reads, unlocks or locks an app.
Showing the number of whole completions catches rules that accidentally exceed the family's intended maximum. The result still needs a separate decision about selected entertainment apps, exceptions and how technical controls are configured.
Turn a clear family agreement into missions children can complete and parents approve.
Draft an earned screen-time rule
Draft rule
After you complete the after-school reset, you earn 10 minutes, up to 45 minutes per day.
Maximum rewarded completions: 4
School, communication, accessibility and safety apps should remain outside an entertainment reward.
Private by design: your entries stay in this browser and are never uploaded.
Plan at a glance
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Input | A small number of family choices made on this page |
| Output | A checklist or plan to review and print |
| Privacy | Entries stay in the current browser session and are not uploaded |
A practical checklist
- 1 — Name one observable action that may earn entertainment minutes.
- 2 — Enter the minutes earned for one complete action.
- 3 — Enter a daily maximum between zero and 480 minutes.
- 4 — Check the calculated number of whole rewarded completions inside the cap.
- 5 — Print the rule and document school, communication, accessibility and safety exceptions separately.
Example for the first week
Ten minutes per after-school reset with a 45-minute cap produces four whole rewarded completions.
Common question
Why can part of the daily cap remain unused in the calculation?
The tool counts whole completions only. For example, ten minutes per action fits four times inside a 45-minute cap, leaving five minutes that no additional completion can earn.