If your house has a Nintendo console, using the Play Nintendo for Parents site and the companion app is a no-brainer. It is the most effective way to manage screen time without having to hover over the couch or engage in a daily 'five more minutes' negotiation.

Nintendo has consistently outperformed Sony and Microsoft in making their safety tools intuitive. While other platforms feel like they're trying to hide the controls, Nintendo puts them front and center. The move here is to set the guardrails early, disclose them to your kid, and use the app's data to have actual conversations about how they're spending their time.