Apple Screen Time not working properly?
Anyone else having issues with Screen Time limits not actually enforcing? I set my 12yo to 2 hours max and he's somehow getting around it. I see him using his phone way more than t
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Anyone else having issues with Screen Time limits not actually enforcing? I set my 12yo to 2 hours max and he's somehow getting around it. I see him using his phone way more than t
Daughter is 10 and asking for a phone like all her friends have. My gut says shes too young but I also remember having a pager in middle school and thinking I was cool. She has dec
Real talk, sometimes I let my 3 year old watch YouTube kids while I make dinner or take a shower. I feel guilty about it but also like I need 20 minutes of peace sometimes. He's no
My 7 year old got a Nintendo Switch for his birthday and now thats all he wants to do. Im trying to limit him to an hour a day but hes constantly asking for more and throwing fits.
Looking to set up some controls on my kids tablets before we hand them off. Want to limit app access, screen time, and make sure theyre not stumbling into weird stuff. Ive heard go
Look I'm not gonna lie, when I need 20 minutes of peace to cook dinner or take a call, YouTube Kids is my go-to. My 4 year old is actually learning stuff from the educational chann
My 8 year old was playing a multiplayer game last night and someone in chat started saying some really inappropriate stuff. He told me about it right away which I'm grateful for bu
His older cousins all have tablets and now he's constantly asking for one. I know some parents let their kids have them by this age for educational apps and stuff. But I'm not sure
My 9 year old is obsessed with Roblox. All his friends play it. I've done some research and yeah there's the whole in-game chat thing which I have disabled. He only plays for like
I went to get water and saw his room light on. The shorts app is basically designed to be addictive and I watched him scroll for like 5 minutes without stopping. I need to do somet
Everyone has different opinions and it's driving me nuts. My kid watches maybe 20-30 min of Daniel Tiger or Bluey while we're making dinner and the wife's mom thinks he's gonna gro
We've resisted this so far with an iPad for games and YouTube but now he's the only kid in his friend group without a phone and he's genuinely bummed. I get it but he's also still
This thing is supposed to be for homework only but my son has figured out how to play games on it and every afternoon it's a battle to get him off. The school has some controls on
Why do kids think they need to have gaming volume at MAX while wearing a headset? My 10 year old is so loud that I can hear everything he's saying to his friends even though the au
Got tired of the cat and mouse game with screen time limits so I'm looking for actual good parental control solutions. Used Apple Screen Time but my kids figured out how to work ar
My kid has been asking for more Roblox time and I finally caved and gave him an extra 30 mins on weekends. Now he thinks he's negotiated himself a permanent deal. He literally made
Was helping my 14 year old troubleshoot her phone when I discovered she has a secret TikTok with like 2000 followers that I knew nothing about. She's not doing anything crazy from
Found browser history that had some stuff that was way too old for him. He's 10. Not anything illegal but definitely not appropriate. Took away devices for a week and had the talk.
Set it up last week and wow what a difference. My 7 year old can't even open YouTube after 7pm now. He complained for a day then got over it. Using it for all three kids now. Way b
He thinks 2 hours a day isn't enough. Says all his friends get to play way more. We've tried timers, apps that lock devices, taking away the Switch as punishment. Nothing works wit