StudyLock blog
Practical guides on helping your child focus. The posts cover website blocking, focus schedules, screen-time habits, and the parental-control tools that actually hold up. Each guide assumes you manage your child's own laptop. All of it stays honest about what a blocker can and cannot do.
A calm approach to focus and screen time
A parent-managed way to help a child focus: set website blocking and focus schedules on a child's own Chrome, and keep screen time calm and consistent.
Are parental control extensions safe? A privacy checklist
Not every parental control extension protects a child's data equally well. This checklist covers permissions, storage, and disclosure before installing one.
How to block websites on a child's Chromebook (2026 guide)
A practical guide to blocking distracting sites on a child's Chromebook — what ChromeOS's built-in controls cover, and where a browser extension helps.
Chromebook parental controls: what schools don't cover
School Chromebooks are managed by IT admins, not parents, and Google's Family Link can't supervise Workspace for Education accounts or non-Chromebook computers.
Google Family Link alternatives for Windows and Chromebook
Google's Family Link cannot supervise Windows, Mac, or Linux computers, or iPads — this guide covers what to look for in an alternative that covers both.
Setting up a focus schedule for study time (step by step)
A focus schedule sets a fixed study window and blocks the sites that usually derail it, so a child does not have to resist every distraction alone each night.
How to help a distracted child focus during homework
Practical, evidence-based steps to help a distracted child focus during homework, from cutting one-click distractions to building a predictable focus routine.
Screen-time rules that actually stick: a co-parent's guide
How co-parents can set screen-time rules that hold across two households, stay consistent, and actually get followed once the school routine restarts.
StudyLock vs. built-in Chrome controls: what each covers
Family Link and school Chromebook policy each cover a narrow slice; StudyLock adds a parent-set focus schedule on a child's own Chromebook or Windows device.
Talking to your kid about screen limits without a fight
Screen-time limits stick better when introduced as a conversation, not an order. Pew Research finds 38% of parents and teens argue regularly about phone time.
Why website blockers "stop working" (and how to fix it)
A website blocker that worked last week can quietly stop working: a new browser, incognito mode, or a VPN is the usual cause. Here is what breaks blocking.