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Less screen.
Less yelling.
More evening.

A day-by-day plan to cut screen time roughly in half, without the guilt. Made to look up the moment you are actually stuck in.

The 7-Day Child Screen Reset guide lying closed on an oak table beside a mug of coffee and a pencil
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Grounded in AAP screen-time guidance and research on gradual reduction. Written by a parent, not a clinician.

Compared to what, though.

This A parenting coach Another 300-page book
Cost$39 once$120 to $200 an hour$50 to $300
Time to first moveTonightNext available slotChapter 6, maybe
Tells you what to say8 scripts, word for wordYes, if you remember itRarely
PrintablesTracker, cards, chartsNoNo
Tailored to your childNoYesNo
Yours foreverYesNoYes

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What parents sent us after the week.

★★★★★

Day 3 was brutal. I almost gave up, but the guide literally calls it "the worst day" so I kept going. By day 6 our daughter was asking for paint instead of the iPad. Cried a little, in a good way.

Megan · mom of a 3-year-old
★★★★★

my husband thought I was overthinking the whole screen-time thing. we tried this because honestly nothing else was working. we're not screen-free, that's not the point, but the 5pm meltdown is gone. worth every penny.

Sara · mom of twin toddlers
★★★★★

We didn't expect to actually do it tbh, two tired parents, full-time jobs, zero bandwidth for another parenting book, but we bit the bullet. The "one small thing a day" framing was the only reason this stuck. Our 2yo is back to playing with blocks like he used to.

Anna & James · parents of a 2-year-old
★★★★

Bought this at 11pm on a Wednesday after googling "how to stop screen time meltdowns." Started Friday. By the next Thursday our evenings were a different planet. Not perfect, but clearly different.

And what it is built on.

Not anybody’s credentials, because I have none. I am a parent who got tired of guessing, read the actual research instead of the headlines about it, and wrote down what held up.

Why a warning makes the meltdown worse. A diary study of families with children aged one to five found children were significantly more upset when warned that screen time was ending than when they were not.

Hiniker, Suh, Cao & Kientz · CHI 2016, University of Washington

Why the technology should end it, not you. The same study found transitions run by the technology went significantly better than transitions run by a parent. Autoplay removes every natural stopping point.

Hiniker, Suh, Cao & Kientz · CHI 2016

Why the last hour matters more than the total. Pooled across 21 cohort studies and 548,338 people: more screen time, shorter sleep, and notably more trouble falling asleep.

He, Pan, Ma et al · Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2025

And the part that argues against me. Measured properly, total screen time predicts wellbeing far less than the headlines claim. So the guide is built on when screens happen and how they end, not on the number of hours.

Orben & Przybylski · Psychological Science, 2019

Every study is named, dated and linked in the back of the guide, including where the evidence is weak. If a parenting book tells you something confident about your child’s brain chemistry, ask it for the paper.

Built to look things up in, not to read once.

Every part is one page. You find the bit you need at 6pm on a Tuesday, and you use it. Nothing in here sells you the next thing.

7 days 24 situations 30 activities 8 scripts

One small thing a day. That is the whole method.

No cold turkey. Nothing to schedule. Each day is one move you make once, and Day 3 is hard on purpose so you know it is working.

Day 0The audit. Count what is actually happening.
Day 1Kill the drift screens, the ones nobody chose.
Day 2The first pushback, and what to say.
Day 3The worst day. It spikes before it drops.
Day 4The turn. It starts getting quieter.
Day 5Replace, do not just remove.
Day 6The witching hour, 4 to 7pm.
Day 7Make it stick without policing it.

A look inside.

Three real pages, straight out of the guide. Not the best ones, but enough to see how it reads.

The lookup index from the guide, listing situations such as they melt down every time I turn it off, and it is 5 PM and I need twenty minutes to make dinner, each with a page number
Find your momentEvery situation has a page. Start with the one you are in tonight.
Day 0 of the plan, The audit, explaining what to write down before changing anything
Day 0, the auditFifteen minutes, and you change nothing. You just find out what is actually happening.
A page on children aged roughly three to four, called the negotiation years
Three to fourWhat changes at the age when they can argue years before they can be persuaded.

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Run the full week. Then decide.

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What happens the moment you pay: the download link lands in your inbox in seconds. Nothing ships. There is no account to make and no subscription. Print the printables at home, or do not, the plan works either way.

One calm week. Yours to keep forever.

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Questions people actually ask.

What do I actually say when they won't turn off the tablet?

Say what happened, not what you decided, then give them somewhere to go: “That is the end of the episode. Shoes on, we are going outside.” An ending that belongs to the world has nobody in it to argue with. There are eight of these lines in the guide, and four of them are free here.

What ages is this for?

Toddlers and preschoolers, roughly ages 1 to 5. The strategies still work for ages 5 to 7 with minor adjustments.

How is it delivered?

Instant download. The link is in your inbox within seconds of checkout. Read it on any phone, tablet or laptop, and print the printables at home.

Do I have to go cold turkey?

No. The whole point is gradual reduction. The clinical evidence is clear that for kids under 6, stepping screens down works better than ripping them away.

What if it doesn't work for my kid?

You have 30 days. Email hello@softresetbooks.com from the address you bought with and we'll refund you in full. No forms, no questions, and you keep everything.

Is this medical advice?

No. It's a practical playbook from one parent to another. If your child has significant developmental, behavioral or sleep concerns, please talk to your pediatrician.

Will this work if my partner isn't on board?

Honestly, it works best when everyone in the home is briefed. The guide includes a one-page partner brief you can hand over instead of arguing about it.

Tonight can be quieter than last night.

Start with Day 0. It takes about ten minutes and you do not have to tell anyone you are doing it.

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