The Screen Time War
Cross-household negotiation
What started with the house rules just got more complicated. Now you need to negotiate household rules across two homes with consistency and mutual respect — and the situation is shifting faster than your first approach can handle.
Free to play · No credit card required
Part of this story
The House Rules
→Two households, two sets of rules. Navigate the conflict when bedtimes, screen time, and discipline styles collide.
Part of the quest
Blended Families
→Two families becoming one is messier than anyone admits. Navigate the first introduction, loyalty binds, house rule conflicts, and the holiday that tests everything you've built. You'll navigate four escalating scenarios — from the introduction to the blended holiday — practicing the decisions that matter most when the pressure is real and the stakes are personal. This isn't theory. It's practice for the moments that define how this chapter of your life unfolds.
What you'll learn from The Screen Time War
This scenario focuses on Cross-household negotiation — a critical skill inside the broader family domain. You'll face a decision where the instinctive response is often the wrong one. After you make your choice, you'll see exactly what happened in the other person's head and why it mattered. The scenario is part of The House Rules, a full interactive story inside the Blended Families quest.
Skills you'll build in Blended Families
More scenarios in this quest
Bedtime is 8 PM at your house and 10 PM at their other parent's house. The kids play the gap like experts. Two households, two sets of rules — and you're the villain for enforcing the stricter ones.
This is the moment you've been building toward. Co-parenting with an ex when your new partner has opinions about how it should work — except now the stakes are real and there's no rehearsal. What you do next matters.
You've faced the hardest part. Now turn what you've learned into something sustainable — a way to negotiate household rules across two homes with consistency and mutual respect not just today, but every time this situation returns.
Ready to practice Cross-household negotiation?
Thousands of people use Questly to build the conversation skills that matter most.
Play this scenario free →