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Kids Screen Time Calculator

How much screen time does your child get? Enter daily minutes and see what adds up over a month, a year, and childhood — then compare against healthy screen time guidelines.

7

60

hours of screen time per month

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30

full days on screens per year

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10.1

months of childhood on screens every 10 years

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3,650

total screen hours over 5 years

What could that time become?

With 730 hours per year off screens, your child could:

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2

build real-world skills and hobbies

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91

books read together or alone

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730

active play and sports sessions

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1

creative projects explored

Why track kids' screen time?

Children's screen time often starts small — a cartoon while parents cook, a game during a wait — and grows quietly into hours per day. Parents frequently underestimate the total because usage is spread across TV, tablets, phones, and gaming. A calculator makes the annual picture clear so families can set realistic, healthy limits together.

How this kids screen time calculator works

Enter your child's average daily screen minutes across all devices — TV, tablet, phone, and gaming. Add how many days per week and how many years they've had regular screen access. We show monthly hours, full days per year, months of waking childhood consumed every 10 years, and what that time could become instead.

Tips for healthy kids' screen time

  • Create screen-free zones: meals, bedrooms, and the first hour after school.
  • Use built-in parental controls to set daily limits per app and device.
  • Co-watch or co-play sometimes — shared screen time builds connection, solo scrolling builds habit.
  • Model the behavior you want: kids copy what parents do with their own phones.

Help your family build better habits

Setting limits is easier when the whole family has structure and accountability. Unhookly is building tools to help parents and kids build healthier digital habits together — join the waitlist for early access.