These guides are free, practical plans for getting kids off screens without a fight.
By Shawn Tuthill, who builds Start Ready Quest. Published . Free to read and free to use.
Each one is a plan you can use as it is written. No email signup, no download gate, nothing to buy. They are generic by design, because a guide cannot know your kids.
Guides are published one at a time. Anything below without a link is not written yet, and the month is when it is due.
Fourteen days of indoor activities, split by age, with a column for the days you do not want to buy anything.
What to do when your kid says "I'm bored"
Five things to say, ten things to hand them, and the case for letting boredom run.
Planned for December
Summer bucket list for kids, and how to actually finish it
A bucket list, plus why they get abandoned in week two and what to do instead.
Planned for March
Life skills checklist by age, 5 to 16
What a kid can do without help at each age, written as tasks they can demonstrate rather than traits.
Planned for November
120 screen-free activities at home, by age and by how long they take
Sorted two ways nobody else sorts them: age band, and whether you have 15 minutes or half a day.
Planned for November
Age-appropriate chores, and how to stop nagging about them
A chore list per age, plus the mechanics that keep chores going after week three.
Planned for January
Start Ready Quest sells custom programs, not activity lists. An activity list is free everywhere on the internet, so charging for one would be silly. What you pay for is a program written around your kids' ages, the skills you want them to practice, and the amount of time you really have in a day.
So use the guides. If you get to the point where you want the personalized version, it is a one-time purchase, and you can read a full sample mission before you decide.
A complete mission from a real Quest, including the parent notes and the safety strip.
A $7 base fee plus $1 per mission per kid, every combination listed. No subscription.
One person in Houston, Texas, since June 2026, and how to reach him.
Start Ready Quest LLC is a parent-directed planning tool. All quests and activities must be reviewed, approved, adapted, and supervised by a parent or guardian before use.
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