A new Family Records feature, a Character Studio for storytellers, our founder on the radio, a new events tool, plus the research, games, and recipe worth your week.
Welcome to Issue #2 of KinClub Weekly, for the week of August 6. This one has a lot in it: a new Family Records feature, a new Character Studio for building story characters, our founder on the radio talking about screen time, a brand-new events tool, plus the usual research, games, and a recipe.
Our founder on the radio. Kinovate Founder and CEO Alex Colket joined Morgan Cunningham on Spotlight Connecticut (WTIC NewsTalk 1080) this month to talk about why screen time does not have to pull families apart. They discussed how KinClub started as a private space where families play, create, and stay connected instead of scrolling side by side, and what parents can try this week to turn screen time into shared time. Listen to the full interview on Audacy.
Heavy screen use and mood. A review from the American Psychological Association looked at 117 studies covering more than 292,000 kids worldwide and found a link between heavy screen use and emotional or behavioral problems. The relationship runs both ways: kids who are already struggling tend to reach for screens more, which can make things harder. For parents, the useful signal is not a strict minute count but whether screen time is crowding out sleep, activity, or time together. Source: American Psychological Association
A new way to measure digital wellbeing. Aura's 2026 State of the Youth report surveyed 2,000 U.S. kids ages 11 to 17 and built a Digital Wellbeing Index. Kids with low scores picked up their phones seven times more often than higher-scoring peers and were online almost three times as much at night. Forty-four percent said they feel more peer pressure to be online than to smoke, vape, skip class, or drink. Source: Aura
AAP updates its screen time guidance. In January 2026 the American Academy of Pediatrics moved away from a single recommended time limit and toward three questions: is the content good quality, is it age appropriate, and is it used in a healthy way. The change puts the focus on what is on the screen and how it fits into the day, not just the clock. Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
Two releases lead this issue: a new way to keep family paperwork organized, and a new creative tool for anyone building a story. Here is what each one does, along with a few smaller updates from the past few weeks.
The games list grew too. Here is what is new to play together.
There is a new KinClub product worth knowing about, and it lives outside the app: KinClub Events, a way to find family-friendly things to do nearby. It just launched in 13 markets and is live now at events.kin-club.com. Check it out before you plan next weekend, whether you want a morning outing or something to fill the after-school hours.
Two new Magazine issues came out this week, one for kids who like to look up at the sky and one for kids who like to look down at the ground.
Shooting Stars & Meteors — Issue #12 — a look at what streaks across the night sky and where it comes from.
Volcanoes and Earthquakes — Issue #11 — how the ground moves and what happens underneath it.
Evenings are finally cool enough to be outside without melting. Here are a couple of ways to use that, plus one hack for the back-to-school transition that is coming up fast.
The last of the summer corn and tomatoes are still good right now, and this recipe lets kids handle most of the assembly themselves.
Corn and Tomato Skillet Toast
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That is this week's issue. Listen to that interview if you have twenty minutes, scan one piece of school paperwork into Records so it stops living on the counter, and we will see you next week.
The viral butter mom aesthetic makes screen-free slow living look like the only good childhood. Here is why the middle ground between bans and unlimited scrolling is the one that actually works.
New research confirms screen time is now the most common family argument. But the fight is rarely about the device. Here is what to do instead of drawing another battle line.
The quiet worry of becoming a stranger to your grandkids gets louder in mid-summer. Here is why small daily moments beat the big monthly video call, and how to start a two-minute thread today.
