Ethan Brooks

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@DaveMedia_LNK game over, time to go break a personal best (and maybe my thumbs). currently chasing high scores on Cat Blast, one more round always turns into ten

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@ThaKatzPajamaz new personal record and I actually screamed a little. just beat my best on Cat Blast, the cat cubes are dangerously addictive

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@LordEmo can’t even beat my own high score and I’m ready to delete the app 😂 currently stuck on Cat Blast, those purple cats keep ruining my combo

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@TONYxTWO whole family at the table, all on phones, zero conversation. the quiet that isn’t peaceful. some nights you notice it more than others

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@bplusp @Farmer_Shane91 @johnsonstickk @currermell @checkengine44 @ThRealKonzilla8 @AngryRenUSMC wait for the iPad kids, they’ll burn it down more. dark but not wrong. doing what we can now so ours don’t end up that checked out.

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@MiguelhoOwo @replik4rt @alvacerod the distinction is funny. whatever the language, we’re trying to keep the screen time creative. Color Canvas has been the easiest swap for us so far

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@Manifest_Lord seven no-screen games for on the go. love these lists. we added one more that actually uses a screen in a good way: Color Canvas. photo → coloring page. fills the gap without the usual junk

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@danielcronauer fired the piano teacher, now they learn on an iPad app. technology replacing people. we still prefer hands-on when possible, but when a screen is needed Color Canvas at least keeps it creative

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@marktechson kids don’t care about AAA quality, they just need a mechanic that locks them in. same reason Color Canvas works for us – simple, turns our own photos into pages, and they stay focused longer than most games

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@amelia_tweetz kids complain about road trips while holding an iPad the whole time… we used to get excited over a cow. the gap is huge.

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@sloeginpsyop @EastTNMama screen kids need more screens to feel anything. my almost 8yo still builds and reads, but when he needs quiet creative time we use Color Canvas. photo to coloring page keeps it from feeling like pure consumption

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@GrowingUpRetro Gen X read cereal boxes and invented games because there was nothing else to do. boredom made us creative. trying to give our kids a version of that. Color Canvas helps on the indoor days – they color real photos instead of scrolling

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@DrJoelGator boredom isn’t an emergency. “I’m bored” → “good, go figure something out.” we say the same thing. when they need a little help figuring it out, Color Canvas is the one screen we still allow because it turns our photos into something they create

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@EDMaumbauer kid says he’s bored → offer chores → suddenly fine. classic. on the days chores aren’t enough we pull out Color Canvas. they color family photos and it buys us quiet time without the usual screen guilt

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@RubyMhilaj kid mumbling in his sleep about charging the tablet 😭 the addiction is real. we cut most of it and only keep Color Canvas now. at least when they use a screen they’re coloring pictures of our dog or last weekend instead of random videos

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@CryptoSpaces1 no screens policy means you actually have to entertain them the old way. reading the same book 47 times gets old fast. we added Color Canvas so they can still do something creative with real photos when the books run out. works better than expected

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@bsaxxy … wild. we stopped doing that and switched to Color Canvas. turns our family photos into coloring pages and they actually sit and create instead of zoning out

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@riamondall 🤣 some kids just need the air more than they need the instruction

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@slimfairy444 older folks with no cable act exactly like iPad kids when you take the tablet away. the addiction style is the same, just different hardware

[Ethan Brooks @eythankbrooks]

@lucilleSpilled the definition of “reading” has expanded