2025-2026 Parent Education Session#1
Screen time agreement that sticks
Presenter: Lisa Rothman (StopFamilyConflict.com)
Time: Wednesday, October 22nd 2025, 7-8:30pm
Location: MV student union
Time: Wednesday, October 22nd 2025, 7-8:30pm
Location: MV student union
When it comes to screens, many parents are fed up feeling like police officers or pushovers
and sometimes both on the same day. In this workshop, parents learn how to create screen time agreements that actually stick, by engaging their kids in the process and addressing their own fears in a way that creates collaboration, not conflict. It’s for parents who are looking for an approach that doesn’t rely on threats, punishment, or power struggles, but that still provides peace of mind. And it's for kids as young as 10 who want to do more of what they want, more of the time, in a way that works for everyone.
and sometimes both on the same day. In this workshop, parents learn how to create screen time agreements that actually stick, by engaging their kids in the process and addressing their own fears in a way that creates collaboration, not conflict. It’s for parents who are looking for an approach that doesn’t rely on threats, punishment, or power struggles, but that still provides peace of mind. And it's for kids as young as 10 who want to do more of what they want, more of the time, in a way that works for everyone.
In this hands-on workshop you'll
- Understand how fear-based parenting can fuel power struggles and make screen time harder to manage.
- Learn a 3-step process to create effective, collaborative screen time agreements with your whole family.
- Discover how to use a child’s need for autonomy to inspire them to make empowered decisions about screen use.
- Hear examples of real families using this process, so parents can apply them to their own situations.
- Parents will leave with a clear understanding of how their fears around screens may be driving conflict, and how to turn that fear into a tool for building stronger agreements.
- Kids 10 and up will leave with a better sense of their own needs for choice and autonomy, and how they can use those needs to make healthy, informed decisions about their screen time.
- A concrete, adaptable 3-step process to help you craft an agreement that everyone in the family can buy into, regardless of how enthusiastic a child is about screens.
About Your Facilitator
Lisa Rothman has spent the last two decades learning, practicing, and teaching hundreds of parents how to prevent family conflicts. She started doing this work because she decided that she wouldn’t have kids until she had tools to do things differently than her (well-intentioned and loving) parents did. She has two kids who are now 16 and 10.
Lisa Rothman has spent the last two decades learning, practicing, and teaching hundreds of parents how to prevent family conflicts. She started doing this work because she decided that she wouldn’t have kids until she had tools to do things differently than her (well-intentioned and loving) parents did. She has two kids who are now 16 and 10.
Parents usually feel judged –by their kids, their partners, their in-laws, other parents, and (the harshest critics of all) themselves. I see what every family member does through a judgment-free lens, which results in robust, compassionate conflict transformation. You can learn more about Lisa’s work at StopFamilyConflict.com