I am looking for a solution for Android that enables parental/self control, especially the feature to set schedules that restrict app usage at specific times. For example only allow whitelisted apps from 23:00/11PM to 09:00/9AM. It would be preferred if its possible to have multiple restricted tim…

[image] Expert4870: I would recommend trying meditation. I really like the Healthy Minds Program . It isn’t a cure-all, but it helps you train you brain. The difference with the HM program and Headspace, calm and other apps: The HM program is super structured, not like a social media app with a …

[image] Archer: mediating some time ago with the Medito app You could try finding a local zen meditation group-something that isn’t another app. I did that for a while and learned a lot! I also read the book Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein, slowly, over a period of a year or more. His lecture…

I don’t think doing meditation through the very vessel you’re trying to avoid is going to be helpful. How long did you try it for? Meditation is about implementing the practice day to day to have improvements think about it in the same vain as a diet health benefits but for your brain so a shitton o…

[image] ThePrivacyDad: You could try finding a local zen meditation group-something that isn’t another app. [image] anon16377614: I don’t think doing meditation through the very vessel you’re trying to avoid is going to be helpful. How long did you try it for? [image] anon16377614: …

[image] Archer: The problem is more that if do something (that is not completely boring) and its time to eat dinner / got to bed, I just cant quit it. So I don’t need something to prevent me from randomly picking up my phone, but something that forces me to put it down when its time to do so. …

Set a router timer to disable internet at certain problematic times?

[image] ThePrivacyDad: but that only works because someone else is the admin. If you are the admin, you might just use the password and continue. You could ask a trusted friend to be the admin of your parenting tools app, but who’d want to deal with that? There are some solutions to this: N…

[image] Expert4870: Set a router timer to disable internet at certain problematic times? I tried this, but it seems to be buggy and also I need to remember to take my SIM out of the phone early enough.

[image] jane: I would suggest buying a kitchen safe ( time locking container) or a lockable metal timer padlock. Are their timelock safes that have the option to start a secondary unlock countdown? What I mean by this is: I could set a normal lock timer like 8 hours (example time) If somet…

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User53 May 31, 2026, 8:40pm 65

Instead of making stupid laws, the government should support software that allows parents who want to regulate their kids to do so in a effective way.

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