<![CDATA[Digital devices have become part of daily family life in Indonesia, and children now spend increasing hours in front of screens. Excessive screen time is linked to delayed language development, weaker emotional regulation, and reduced social interaction in children, while many parents in rural areas still lack a structured strategy to manage gadget use at home. This community service program addressed the digital parenting gap among parents in Simpang Tigo Paladangan Village, East Sikucua Village, V Koto District, Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra Province, a rural settlement where gadget access has grown faster than parental digital literacy. The program aimed to strengthen parental understanding of digital parenting, build practical skills for guiding children's technology use, and introduce a simple family habit called the One Hour Without Gadget Movement. The activity applied a participatory action approach, involving 30 parents of school-age children through preparation, implementation, and evaluation stages. Implementation included counseling sessions, group discussion, digital parenting simulation, and direct family practice over four meetings. Evaluation combined pre-test and post-test scores, observation, short interviews, and a satisfaction questionnaire. Results show parental understanding rose from 58% to 89%, a 31-point increase, alongside visible improvements in family communication and reduced daily gadget use among children. The program produced a digital parenting module, a movement poster, and a family activity guide as reusable outputs. These findings confirm that a simple, family-centered intervention can improve digital parenting awareness in under-resourced rural communities and offers a replicable model for similar programs elsewhere]]>
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