Focus without the fight: StudyLock for busy parents
StudyLock helps busy parents manage a child's homework focus and bedtime wind-down without daily nagging. A parent sets the rules once from a single dashboard, adjusts them from any browser, and gets an honest, plain picture of how the rules are holding up.
Why does managing a child's screen time take so much effort?
The problem
Between work, dinner, and the rest of a household, checking whether homework time stayed homework time — or renegotiating bedtime every night — becomes its own second job. Built-in family controls can be inconsistent across a Windows laptop and a Chromebook, so the burden often falls back on a parent watching over a shoulder.
How StudyLock helps
StudyLock puts homework focus and bedtime wind-down on a schedule a parent sets once, then manages from one dashboard — on any browser, for a child's Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook. Less time spent enforcing, more time spent on the rest of the evening.
What does a calm week with StudyLock look like?
Four things a busy parent uses StudyLock for most: keeping homework time on track, winding down toward bedtime, a setup that takes little upkeep, and one place to check on all of it.
Homework focus
A parent sets a focus window for study time on a 15-minute grid. Once it starts, only the sites and tools a parent has allowed stay open on the child's Chrome — no repeated reminders to close a game or a video needed.
Bedtime wind-down
A recurring evening schedule closes off distracting sites as bedtime approaches, so the last hour before sleep is calmer to negotiate than a sudden, one-off cutoff would be.
Minimal-effort setup
A parent creates a child profile, installs the extension on the child's laptop, and enters a one-time pairing code. From there, rules are adjusted from the dashboard — there is nothing further to install or configure on the child's device.
One calm dashboard
Blocking rules, focus schedules, pause requests, and a weekly summary all live in a single dashboard, reachable from any browser — so managing screen time is not scattered across several apps or settings menus.
Does StudyLock promise the rules can never be broken?
No. StudyLock is a browser extension, and a browser extension can be removed. Rather than claim otherwise, StudyLock surfaces when a child's device stops checking in, so a parent notices and can have a calm conversation instead of relying on a false sense of lock-down.
Common questions from parents
How much daily attention does StudyLock need from a parent?
Once a focus schedule and blocking rules are set, StudyLock keeps enforcing them on their own. A parent typically only returns to the dashboard to adjust a schedule, approve a request, or check the weekly summary — not to police the browser every day.
Can StudyLock help with bedtime, not just homework?
Yes. A parent can set a recurring evening schedule that narrows what stays open on the child's Chrome as bedtime approaches, in addition to a homework-time focus window earlier in the day.
What if a parent isn't especially technical?
Setup is a child profile, an extension install on the child's laptop, and a one-time pairing code. After that, every change is made from the same dashboard used to check on things — there is no separate technical step to maintain.
Can both parents manage the same child's rules?
Yes. Co-parent shared profiles let a second parent view and adjust the same child's blocking rules, focus schedules, and requests, so screen-time decisions do not rest on one person always being available.
What happens if the child's laptop goes offline?
The extension keeps enforcing the last rules a parent set even without a connection, instead of falling open. A parent also sees when a device has stopped checking in, so a gap is visible rather than silent.
Set up a calmer routine this week
Install StudyLock on a child's Chrome and manage homework focus and bedtime wind-down from one dashboard.