The article links to this tool:

https://github.com/kristiandupont/schemalint

For these kind of problems, tech is not really a solution. So better talk to a registered psychologist or psychiatrist.

But on the tech side, for android users, 'Open TimeLimit' is a useful app. It's like an advanced app locker, with timers and stuff. It's FOSS and on Fdroid:

https://codeberg.org/timelimit/opentimelimit-android

https://f-droid.org/app/io.timelimit.android.open

Edit: Make sure to disable the app when you go out etc. Because it might cause obstacles during emergencies. Depends on the way you set it up of course.

There's a bill that genuinely thinks of the children:

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-gilli...

There's already a bill that advocates for a better world for children. But it seems like it won't be passed:

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-gilli...

EARN IT actually undermines child safety:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220202/17411648407/senat...

Sen Wyden has been solid. I'd totally believe the pro EARN IT rhetoric is completely divorced from reality. In my experience, this much push behind nonsensical policies is solely about pork and enriching cronies, using some manufactured outrage to moot deliberation and reasoned criticism.

Read this techdirt article. Make sure to click and read all the links within the article. Also make sure to read the PDF of Wyden's child safety bill.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220202/17411648407/senat...

Edit: They got other articles on the same topic, collected here:

https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=earn+it