The Screen Balance Program

End the screen battles. Without being the bad guy.

A step-by-step program from two clinical child psychologists that shows you exactly how to move your family from conflict and worry to calm, confident screen habits. Built on the same evidence-based methods we use with families in our clinics.

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Credentials and training from

EVIDENCE BASED
TREATMENT CENTERS
OF SEATTLE

The worry you feel is backed by data

This is not moral panic. Large national studies keep finding the same pattern.

50%

of US teens now spend 4 or more hours a day on screens outside schoolwork

2×

higher rates of anxiety and depression symptoms among those high-screen-time teens (27% vs 12% anxiety; 26% vs 10% depression)

40%

of children have their own tablet by age 2, and 1 in 4 has a phone by age 8

+65%

rise in young children's gaming time in just four years

Sources: CDC National Health Interview Survey (Teen), 2021-2023; Common Sense Media Census, 2025.

If limits, lectures, and taking the iPad away worked, you would not be reading this.

You have tried the timer apps. You have tried the big talk. Maybe it works for a week, then the whining, sneaking, and meltdowns come back. That is not because you are failing. It is because willpower contests with a device designed by thousands of engineers are not a fair fight.

What works is what we do with families in the clinic: understand your specific child first, then change the structure around screens so the fight never starts. That process is teachable. This program teaches it.

Everything you need, in one place

8 modules. 40+ lessons. 20+ videos. Interactive tools that turn advice into action.

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A real assessment of your child

Start with a structured screen assessment that places your child on a clinical profile map, so everything after is personalized, not generic.

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The science, made usable

Understand what screens actually do to a developing brain, and the three Digital Dangers to watch for, in plain parent language.

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Word-for-word scripts

Exactly what to say when they beg, negotiate, rage, or stonewall. De-escalation lines tested in real clinical work.

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A phased family plan

Six intervention targets, introduced in the right order, so change sticks instead of blowing up in week one.

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Your Family Dashboard

A private home base that tracks your progress, stores your child's profile, and tells you the next right step. Your data stays on your device.

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The hard topics, handled

Pornography exposure, online grooming, self-harm content. What to watch for and what to do, from clinicians who treat it.

How it works

Assess

Complete the guided assessment and get your child's screen profile in under 20 minutes.

Understand

Learn why screens hook your specific child, and which of the three Digital Dangers applies to your family.

Act

Follow the phased plan, use the scripts, and watch the daily battles shrink as new habits take hold.

Who built this

Two clinical child psychologists. Also, two parents.

Dr. Danny O'Rourke and Dr. Jennifer Tininenko have spent their careers treating children and adolescents with evidence-based care. They built the Screen Balance Program because the families in their clinics kept asking the same question: what do we actually do about screens?

Board Certified, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)

Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society

Doctoral training, University of Washington

Evidence-Based Treatment Centers of Seattle