Managing My Child’s Screen Time
A short professional assessment to help parents reduce daily conflict and respond more effectively.
If you’re worried that screens are affecting your child’s studies, behaviour, or emotional balance — this tool helps you regain clarity without shouting, guilt, or power struggles.
A short note for parents
If you’re here, it’s likely because screen use has started to feel like a daily struggle — especially during high-pressure phases such as exams.
Many parents reach this point not because something is “wrong,” but because they want clarity before pressure quietly turns into anxiety, conflict, or withdrawal.
I am Himadri Sekhar De, a psychologist and the Founder & Director of Acrophile Wellbeing.
For over two decades, my work has involved close engagement with adolescents, parents, schools, and child-focused systems across India. My approach is grounded in developmental and positive psychology, and focuses on practical guidance rather than labelling or diagnosis.
This assessment is designed to help parents respond to screen-time concerns with more calm, clarity, and confidence — without escalating fear or conflict.
Recipient of the Mahatma Award for contributions to adolescent wellbeing.
Why screen time becomes a daily struggle
For many families today, screen time is not just about phones or games.
It often becomes a pressure point because it sits at the intersection of academic expectations, emotional stress, and changing childhood realities.
Parents usually notice concerns increasing during demanding phases — examinations, academic transitions, or periods of emotional change at home. Screens then start to feel like the visible problem, even when the underlying struggle is less obvious.
What follows is familiar:
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repeated reminders
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stricter rules
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arguments around phones
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rising anxiety for both parent and child
Over time, this can quietly shift the relationship from guidance to conflict — leaving parents unsure whether their responses are helping or making things worse.
This assessment was created to interrupt that cycle — before pressure turns into panic or disconnection.
What this assessment helps you do
his assessment is designed to help parents step out of daily reactions and look at screen time with clearer perspective.
Rather than focusing only on how long a child is on a screen, it looks at what role screen use may be playing in your child’s current emotional and mental state.
Specifically, it helps you:
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recognise whether screen use is acting as emotional escape, habit, or balanced engagement
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understand why certain responses increase resistance or anxiety
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identify calmer ways to respond without giving up boundaries
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reduce conflict while maintaining connection and authority
The aim is not to remove screens overnight, but to help parents respond in ways that actually work over time.
When parents respond with clarity instead of fear, children are more likely to regulate — not rebel.
How the assessment works
The assessment is intentionally simple and respectful of your time.
Step 1: Complete a short online assessment
You answer 8 brief questions based on what you notice most often at home. This usually takes about 10 minutes.
Step 2: Professional review
Your responses are reviewed and mapped to one of three common screen-use patterns seen in children and adolescents.
Step 3: Personalised email response
Within 24 - 48 hours, you receive a brief professional email outlining:
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what your child’s screen use may be signalling right now
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what tends to help in similar situations
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what commonly makes things worse
There is no follow-up obligation, no ongoing consultation, and no pressure to take the next step.
This process is designed to offer clarity and reassurance — not to overwhelm or judge.
A brief but important note
This assessment is designed to offer reflection, clarity, and guidance — not therapy, diagnosis, or ongoing consultation.
It does not label children, assign conditions, or replace professional mental health care.
If concerns around screen use are accompanied by severe withdrawal, aggression, persistent emotional distress, or significant changes in functioning, seeking direct professional support may be helpful.
Ready to respond with more clarity and less conflict?
If screen time has started to feel like a daily struggle at home, this assessment can help you pause, reflect, and respond more effectively.
You don’t need to have all the answers — just the willingness to look at the situation with a little more clarity.
₹299 | Takes about 10 minutes | Professional response by email within 24 - 48 hours
No follow-ups. No obligation. Just clarity.