Caught my son watching YouTube instead of doing homework

May 101 min read

Found out he figured out how to disable downtime on his iPad somehow. I'm not even mad I'm impressed but also frustrated because his grades are slipping. Turns out he was watching Minecraft building tutorials when he was supposed to be doing online math assignments. Had to sit down and explain why I set these controls up in the first place. Now I'm paranoid he's figured out other workarounds I don't know about. Any recommendations for parental control apps that actually work against kids who know how to Google everything?

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GGrant C.RegularMay 10

Haha impressed and frustrated is exactly where I'd be too. The kid's got problem-solving skills but yeah, grades gotta come first. Maybe sit down and talk about what's actually keeping him interested on YouTube?

IIsaacNew DadMay 10

Man, that's the tech-savvy move right there. Have you tried looking into some of the newer parental control apps? Isaac here from Charlotte and I've been through this rodeo with all three of mine.