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Technology by Age
Practical, age-specific guidance for parents and caregivers.
Technology guidance by age
Start with the age you need. The guides are ordered from 5 through 13 so the progression is easy to compare.
Age 5
Technology for 5-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 5-year-olds, focused on shared devices, privacy, supervised accounts, approved apps, and healthy routines.
Read guide →Age 6
Technology for 6-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 6-year-olds, focused on parental controls, supervised accounts, privacy, ads, communication, and healthy habits.
Read guide →Age 7
Technology for 7-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 7-year-olds, focused on search, privacy, messaging, app permissions, supervised accounts, and AI literacy.
Read guide →Age 8
Technology for 8-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 8-year-olds, focused on device access, supervised accounts, privacy, messaging, algorithms, AI, and healthy habits.
Read guide →Age 9
Technology for 9-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 9-year-olds, focused on device readiness, group chats, privacy, account security, AI literacy, and healthy use.
Read guide →Age 10
Technology for 10-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 10-year-olds, focused on phone readiness, messaging, scams, privacy, app permissions, AI, and healthy habits.
Read guide →Age 11
Technology for 11-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 11-year-olds, focused on communication, privacy, scams, algorithms, platform rules, AI tools, and healthy independence.
Read guide →Age 12
Technology for 12-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 12-year-olds, focused on social-platform readiness, group chats, privacy, security, AI tools, and growing independence.
Read guide →Age 13
Technology for 13-Year-Olds
A practical guide to technology for 13-year-olds, focused on account readiness, privacy, security, social platforms, AI literacy, and digital independence.
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