Focus without the fight: StudyLock for busy parents
StudyLock ends the nightly nagging over homework focus and bedtime wind-down. What a calm week with StudyLock looks like starts below.
The problem
Between work and dinner, checking whether homework time stayed homework time becomes its own second job. Renegotiating bedtime every night wears everyone down. Built-in family controls can be inconsistent across a Windows laptop and a Chromebook, so the burden falls back on you, watching over your child's shoulder.
How StudyLock helps
StudyLock puts homework focus and bedtime wind-down on a schedule you set once. You manage it from one dashboard, on any browser — for your child's Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook. Less time spent enforcing, more time for the rest of the evening.
What does a calm week with StudyLock look like?
The four things you'll use most: a setup with little upkeep, keeping homework time on track, winding down toward bedtime, and one place to check on all of it.
One example day. You pick the windows, on a 15-minute grid.
Minimal-effort setup
You create a child profile, install the extension on your child's laptop, and enter a one-time pairing code. After that, every rule change happens from the dashboard — nothing more to install on your child's device.
Homework focus
You set a focus window for study time on a 15-minute grid. Once it starts, only the sites you allow stay open on your child's Chrome. No repeated reminders to close a game or a video.
Bedtime wind-down
A recurring evening schedule closes off distracting sites as bedtime approaches. The last hour before sleep gets calmer to negotiate — no sudden cutoff.
One calm dashboard
Blocking rules, focus schedules, pauses, access requests, and the weekly digest live in one dashboard, reachable from any browser. Managing screen time stops being scattered across apps and settings menus.
Does StudyLock promise the rules can never be broken?
No — a browser extension can be removed, and the dashboard flags it the moment it happens. See Honest limits on the features page for the full picture.
How much daily attention does StudyLock need from a parent?
Once a focus schedule and blocking rules are set, StudyLock keeps enforcing them on its own. You typically return to the dashboard only to adjust a schedule, approve a request, or check the weekly digest — not to police the browser every day.
Can StudyLock help with bedtime, not just homework?
Yes — a bedtime schedule can run alongside a homework-focus window earlier in the day. See 'Bedtime wind-down' above for how the schedule works.
What if you're not especially technical?
No separate technical step is required — see 'Minimal-effort setup' above for everything involved.
Put homework time and bedtime on a schedule
Install StudyLock on your child's Chrome. A new school term or a changed family schedule is the natural moment to set the routine once.