Parent Resources
BuckTime! gives your child a daily pot and lets them choose how to spend it. These resources go deeper — helping families build healthy screen habits, talk about money, and understand the tech shaping childhood.
Financial Literacy for Kids
Money as You Grow
From the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Age-by-age milestones for teaching kids about saving, spending, and earning — the same three jars BuckTime! uses.
Canadian Foundation for Economic Education
Canadian-focused resources for teaching kids and teens about money, entrepreneurship, and financial decision-making. Their Talk With Our Kids About Money program is free.
Practical Money Skills
Free games, lesson plans, and tools that make money concepts tangible for kids. Great companion to the daily choices your child is already making in BuckTime!.
Digital Safety & Parenting
Common Sense Media
Age-based ratings for movies, games, and apps. Their research on screen time and child development is the gold standard for families navigating tech.
Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)
Their approach mirrors BuckTime! — mentoring over monitoring. Their 7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting framework helps parents guide rather than gatekeep.
Wait Until 8th
A grassroots movement encouraging parents to delay smartphones until at least 8th grade. A supportive community for families making intentional tech choices.
Psychology & Wellness
The Center for Humane Technology
Founded by the team behind The Social Dilemma. They explain the persuasive design tricks apps use — the same ones BuckTime! makes visible by putting a dollar value on each minute.
Digital Wellness Lab
Evidence-based research from Boston Children's Hospital on how screen time affects physical and mental health. Helpful context for setting your child's daily pot.
Screenagers
Their Tech Talk Tuesdays blog gives parents weekly conversation starters about technology — designed to talk with kids, not at them.
Practical Tools & Communities
Protect Young Minds
Practical how-to guides for setting up filters on specific devices — consoles, routers, tablets. Pairs well with BuckTime! for a layered approach.
Fairplay (formerly CCFC)
Advocates for ending manipulative marketing aimed at children. Their Screen-Free Week resources are great for families experimenting with a digital reset.
Internet Matters
Step-by-step guides for setting up parental controls across every device imaginable — phones, consoles, tablets, even smart TVs.
Smart Social
Focused on social media specifically. Helps parents understand trending apps and their risks before kids download them.