Practical Tips

These are the guides we wish someone had handed us: how to pick an app without downloading twelve duds, what to do in a restaurant with a bored 2-year-old, how to turn a truck obsession into speech practice, and how to lock an iPad to one app before handing it over.

Everything here is practical first - written by a parent, checked against research, and short enough to read during nap time. If you're new, start with the screen-time and app-selection guides, then follow wherever your kid's current obsession points.