Family phone agreement for kids
A one-page agreement you and your child sign together when they get a phone or smartwatch. Pick their age and device, choose the rules, edit any wording, and print. It's free, there's no sign-up, and nothing you type leaves your browser.
Preview. Edit anything, then print or save as PDF.
Our Family Technology Agreement for ____________________
Dated ____________________
This is our shared agreement about how ____________________ will use their new device. We're signing it together because trust and safety go both ways.
Our ground rules
- 1My device charges in the kitchen every night at bedtime, not in my room.
- 2I will only call or text people my parents say are okay.
- 3I will keep my device safe and bring it home every day.
- 4I will not try to get around the rules about websites and apps.
- 5No social media apps until my parents say I am ready.
- 6My parents can check my device anytime. That helps keep me safe.
- 7If something online or a message feels weird or scary, I will tell a grown-up right away. I will not be in trouble for asking.
- 8Taking good care of my device means I get to keep using it.
Your name
Parent's signature
Created with Kids Device Match · A free, private parenting utility · www.kidsdevicematch.com/family-agreement
How to use it
- 1Pick your child's age and device above, and choose which rules to include.
- 2Read the rules together. Edit the wording, change the times, or add your own.
- 3Print it, or save it as a PDF, and both sign it.
- 4Keep it somewhere you'll both see it, and change it together as things change.
For schools and parent groups
You're welcome to link to this page or print copies to hand out. Each family can pick their own rules, and the printed page says where it came from, so parents can find it again.
Still choosing the device?
Answer a few questions and your results include this agreement, filled in from your answers.