Dinner where everyone is actually there
A schedule from 6:30 to 7:15 pm is enough. For that time, whatever you picked is gone from your child's iPhone. If dinner runs late today, you start focus by hand.
Sound familiar?
Everyone is at the table, and still it's quiet. One is looking at a screen under the table, the next is just waiting to be allowed to get up. And dinner is often the only half hour of the day when you're all together.
How to set it up
- 1
Mealtime as a schedule
Choose the days you eat together and the usual time. Anything from 15 minutes works.
- 2
By hand when it's spontaneous
If dinner isn't until eight, your child holds the circle in TaskBlue for three seconds. After the meal, you end focus with the BlueTag that comes with both plans.
- 3
Pick chats as well
To keep the table quiet, lock messaging apps as well as games. Phone stays open unless you pick it.
What works well
Grown-ups join in
If your own phone stays in the kitchen during dinner, the rule feels fair. Kids notice exactly whether it only applies to them.
No more reminders
The schedule does the reminding. You don't have to ask anymore, and dinner starts without a lecture.
Have something to talk about
Go round the table and ask what was good today. Or look together at how much ocean plastic your child funded this week.
Announce exceptions first
If your child is waiting for an important message, talk about it beforehand. Then you end focus on purpose with the BlueTag.
And the sea?
Three quarters of an hour at the table on seven evenings is just over five hours. That funds the recovery of about 500 g of ocean plastic a week.
Frequently asked
Can I start focus spontaneously?
Yes. A focus started by hand runs until you end it with the BlueTag or your PIN. Without a PIN, your child can also end it with one of the three emergency exits.
How short can a schedule be?
At least 15 minutes. For dinner, 30 to 45 minutes is usually enough.
Read on
Fewer distractions for your child. Less plastic in the sea.
A year costs €49.99 once, a month €9.99. The BlueTag comes with both plans.