Coach The Screen

A practical personal blog for American parents of 16-year-olds who want to help their children build judgment, boundaries, and healthy habits across phones, games, social media, and AI rather than relying on fear, confiscation, or total surveillance.

Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Welcome to Coach The Screen. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the coachthescreen.com website and all related content, features, and services (collectively, the "Service"). By accessing or using Coach The Screen, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our Service.

Last Updated: January 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing, browsing, or using coachthescreen.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Coach The Screen. If you are using the Service on behalf of an organization, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Your continued use of the Service following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically.

2. Description of Service

Coach The Screen is a personal blog providing practical guidance, insights, and resources for American parents of teenagers, particularly those around 16 years old. Our content focuses on helping parents guide their children in developing judgment, boundaries, and healthy habits related to technology use, including smartphones, gaming, social media platforms, and artificial intelligence tools.

The Service includes articles, commentary, recommendations, and educational content. Coach The Screen is provided for informational and educational purposes only. The content on coachthescreen.com represents personal perspectives and experiences and should not be considered professional advice in psychology, education, law, or any other specialized field.

3. User Accounts and Responsibilities

Certain features of Coach The Screen may require you to create an account or provide contact information (such as for newsletter subscriptions or comment features). When creating an account or providing information, you agree to:

  • Provide accurate, current, and complete information

  • Maintain and promptly update your account information

  • Maintain the security and confidentiality of your account credentials

  • Notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account

  • Accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account

You are responsible for all activity associated with your account. Coach The Screen reserves the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or are inactive for extended periods.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

  • Use the Service in any way that violates applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation

  • Transmit or post any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable

  • Impersonate or attempt to impersonate Coach The Screen, our employees, another user, or any other person or entity

  • Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Service

  • Use any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access the Service without our express written permission

  • Introduce viruses, trojans, worms, or other malicious or technologically harmful material

  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Service or any systems or networks connected to the Service

  • Use the Service to send spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited communications

5. Intellectual Property Rights

The Service and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all text, graphics, logos, images, and software) are owned by Coach The Screen or its content suppliers and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use coachthescreen.com for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, republish, download, store, or transmit any material from our Service, except as follows:

  • Your computer may temporarily store copies of materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials

  • You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes

  • You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages for your own personal, non-commercial use

You must not modify copies of any materials from the Service, use any illustrations, photographs, or graphics separately from accompanying text, or delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices.

6. User Content and Comments

If Coach The Screen provides features that allow you to post, submit, or transmit content (such as comments, feedback, or suggestions), you retain ownership of your content. However, by posting content on coachthescreen.com, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content in connection with operating and promoting the Service.

You represent and warrant that you own or have the necessary rights to post your content and that your content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights, or any other rights of any person or entity.

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor, edit, or remove any user content that we determine in our sole discretion violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable. We do not endorse or assume responsibility for any user content.

7. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. COACH THE SCREEN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Coach The Screen does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Service or the servers that make it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

The content on coachthescreen.com is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. We make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of any information on the Service. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.

Coach The Screen is not a substitute for professional counseling, therapy, educational consulting, legal advice, or medical advice. Parents should consult with qualified professionals regarding specific concerns about their children's development, mental health, or technology use.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, COACH THE SCREEN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES RESULTING FROM:

  • Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service

  • Any conduct or content of any third party on the Service

  • Any content obtained from the Service

  • Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content

IN NO EVENT SHALL COACH THE SCREEN'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Coach The Screen, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:

  • Your violation of these Terms of Service

  • Your use of the Service

  • Your violation of any rights of another person or entity

  • Any content you post or transmit through the Service

10. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Service, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will immediately cease.

You may terminate your use of the Service at any time by discontinuing access to coachthescreen.com and, if applicable, deleting your account.

All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including without limitation ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.

11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the state in which Coach The Screen operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, except that either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. You agree to waive any right to a jury trial or to participate in a class action.

12. Changes to Terms

Coach The Screen reserves the right to modify or replace these Terms at any time at our sole discretion. We will provide notice of material changes by posting the updated Terms on coachthescreen.com with a revised "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

We encourage you to review these Terms periodically to stay informed about our policies and practices.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired, and such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

14. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Coach The Screen regarding the use of the Service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about these Terms of Service, please contact us through the contact information provided on coachthescreen.com.

Thank you for reading our Terms of Service. We appreciate your use of Coach The Screen and your commitment to helping your teenager develop healthy technology habits.

Last revised · 2026-09-15 16:08
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