There are phrases we use today that simply didn’t exist 10+ years ago. Technology, and the way we use it, has changed the way we interact with our families. From setting boundaries to how much screen time kids get to threatening them with spyware, it’s a new digital age. FAVES + CO. readers (and parents) share things their parents never had to say to them.

Read on: 

It’s all fun and games until someone downloads a virus. (Michael Burns)

Stop hogging the bandwidth! (Lisa Johnson)

Don’t make me change the wifi password! (John Doyle)

It’s only the second week of our billing cycle and you’ve used 97% of the bandwidth for the entire family! (Joel Post)

I’m reading your Facebook messages. (DeAnna Troupe)

Your brain is going to turn to mush if you don’t stop playing Minecraft! (Lisa Du Bois Low)

Please remember to record True Blood show from the HBO GO app on Dad’s phone.

Hands off the TV, it is not a touch screen.

Have you seen my dongle?

Honey, can you help me? I lost some apps on my phone. (Joel Postman)

You only get 15 minutes of screen time today. (Cathy Martin Briggs)

Whoever is dressed with hair and teeth brushed and their bed made first gets the RED iPad.

No more netflix after 10 PM. (DeAnna Troupe)

Get off that ****ing playstation/smartphone/laptop NOW! (http://twitter.com/paddylewis)

If you eat all your carrots, I’ll let you look at cats on the internet. (Melinda Hammond Chiapello)

When you type WTF on Facebook, it better mean Wednesday Thursday Friday. (Chris Hamilton)

Don’t forget to back it up. (Mary Maher)

Where’s the CHARGER? (Rajean Campbell Blomquist)

You can watch Dora on the TV now, I want my phone back. (Rachel Marshall)

Yes you can text grandma later. (Amy Marincic)

Don’t you dare turn on in-app purchases.

No iPhones at the table. (Amy Wood)

We are watching live TV, we can’t fast forward. (Kim Suarez)

Go YouTube this, I can’t figure out how to put this toy together. (Melissa Hourigan)

If you don’t stop hitting your brother you don’t get to use my devices all weekend! (Louisa Larson)

No, you cannot buy anymore apps. (Jared Siekierka)

You’ve had enough digital stimulation for one day! (Derek Overbey)

I don’t know, Google it. (Jennifer Crego)

No! You can’t play on my iPhone! (Derek Overbey)

Yes, people used to have phones that only stayed in their homes and no, you couldn’t play games on them.

What do you tell your kids? What would you add to the list? 

Posted on 8/22/2013

This article originally appeared on FAVES + CO and is reprinted here with permission.

Written by Sarah Evans

Sarah Evans (@PRsarahevans) is a social correspondent at Sevans Strategy and chief evangelist for social collaboration platform Tracky. You can follow Sarah (@sarahevans) on Instagram and check out her new website, FAVES + CO.

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