{"id":68990,"date":"2021-03-01T08:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=68990"},"modified":"2021-02-28T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T21:46:33","slug":"timeoutiq-app-allows-parents-to-remotely-manage-kids-screen-time-and-helps-them-learn-something-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/timeoutiq-app-allows-parents-to-remotely-manage-kids-screen-time-and-helps-them-learn-something-too\/","title":{"rendered":"TimeoutIQ App Allows Parents to Remotely Manage Kids’ Screen Time and Helps them Learn Something Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO, Ontario, March 1, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kids\u2019 screen time has soared during the pandemic, yet parents are reluctant to restrict it because it\u2019s their primary way of learning, socializing and playing. TimeoutIQ has the solution. It helps parents to subtly manage screen time, and challenges kids with educational content at their grade level while playing games, watching videos or engrossed in social media.<\/p>\n

\"TimeoutIQ<\/em><\/p>\n

And, a child\u2019s health and development are critical in a digital world. In fact, the Canadian Paediatric Society provides recommendations to parents that include:<\/p>\n

* Be present and engaged when screens are used and, whenever possible, co-view with children.<\/p>\n

* Be aware of content and prioritize educational, age-appropriate and interactive programming.<\/p>\n

* Use parenting strategies that teach self-regulation, calming and limit-setting.<\/p>\n

TimeoutIQ checks all the boxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a child supervisor and personal tutor all in one,\u201d Shawn Desouza, app developer, says.<\/p>\n

The app is designed to monitor kids in kindergarten through eighth grade and has a new content library based on the Ontario Elementary School Curriculum; it was compiled by teachers and education coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe app has questions and challenges meant to make the child stop and think. The benefit of doing this is to distract and interrupt the child\u2019s recreational screen time – stuff like games, videos, social media \u2013 and acts as a refresher to what they\u2019re studying at school,\u201d Desouza, says.<\/p>\n

It helps to keep their minds sharp as the app uses interactive STEM education-based gamification challenges.<\/p>\n

\"TimeoutIQ<\/em><\/p>\n

And while parents may think they know what their child is doing, some research proves otherwise. An article published in the July issue of \u201cPediatrics,\u201d reports that tracking software revealed kids were accessing tons of apps classified for adults \u2014 like horror apps with scary characters, first-person shooter games and other media \u2014 and parents didn\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n

The TimeoutIQ app also has an automated scheduler which allows parents to monitor their children every day between specific hours (e.g., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). There\u2019s a free version and two premium paid versions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had more than 5,000 installs since launching in August 2020, with a rising number of paid subscribers,\u201d Desouza says.<\/p>\n

For more information: https:\/\/timeoutiq.com\/<\/a> or https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/timeoutiqsmartapp<\/a><\/p>\n

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TORONTO, Ontario, March 1, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kids’ screen time has soared during the pandemic, yet parents are reluctant to restrict it because it’s their primary way of learning, socializing and playing. TimeoutIQ has the solution. It helps parents to subtly manage screen time, and challenges kids with educational content at their grade level while playing games, watching videos or engrossed in social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8855,"featured_media":68989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,12804,1,242,45,134,377,551,559,6,5],"tags":[11825,15491],"class_list":["post-68990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-parenting-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-canada-news","category-education-news","category-general-editorial-news","category-mobile-tech-news","category-ontario-news","category-products-news","category-software-news","category-technology-news","tag-child-development","tag-kid-tech","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4678,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8855"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}