📱 iPhone Parental Controls Made Easy (Step by Step Guide)
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Worried about what your kids might be seeing on their phones? You’re not alone. In this video, I’m walking you through how I set up iPhone parental controls to help my kids use their phones safely and responsibly.
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As a parent, I know how overwhelming it can feel to keep up with technology. But the good news? With the right settings, you can have peace of mind knowing that your kids are safe online. From setting Screen Time limits to using Family Sharing for app approvals, I’ll show you everything you need to know to stay in control.
What’s Covered in This Video:
Yeah, just be careful what kind of parents see this video, because there are a lot of parents out there that don't just do it for the sake of their kids' safety but more for control and narcissism.
📱 How to set up Screen Time on an iPhone
📱 Using Family Sharing to approve app downloads
Jesus get to the damn point. You are a talker
📱 How to stop kids from bypassing restrictions
📱 Why kids need their own iCloud account (not yours!)
Too much talking…
📱 Setting app time limits to avoid endless scrolling
📱 Using Downtime and Night Shift to encourage better sleep habits
I personally prefer shorter videos (around 5 minutes). Anything much longer starts to feel too long for my attention span, though others might enjoy it.
📱 Turning off notifications for a distraction-free experience
Plus, I’ll share why I believe setting healthy boundaries is more effective than banning smartphones altogether. This approach isn’t just about restrictions — it’s about teaching kids how to have a positive relationship with technology.
How do you restrict them from changing the Apple Id account?
If you’re ready to protect your kids online and make smartphone use work for your family, this step-by-step guide is for you.
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Holy crap stay on the subject! Oh well I know not to come back to this channel. I mean most of that wasn’t even useful anyway.
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Hey! Late diagnosed adhd’er finding your video on the approach to the eldest going to high school. Does this work with a pay as you go sim or just contracted numbers? It is my old device currently without a sim, although I am trying to avoid being tied into another monthly direct debit. More so in the event of the phone being lost early days as he’s as scatty as I am 🤦🏼♀️
📱 Why I Stopped Letting My Kids Use My Phone (And What I’m Doing Instead) - https://youtu.be/iRSKqdSSmcI
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Will you get to the topic please??? Finally gave up at the 4.5 minute mark.
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More User Perspectives
2 things: 1st, how do you keep them from using the photo and editing aspect when on downtime? For kids with obsessions even this can keep them up for hours into the night. 2nd) kids seem to be able to find loopholes to make things work that shouldn’t. How do we prevent these?
@tylercosgrove758Thank you so much that was really useful.
@benholder1399Ive got an android ive got my child an iphone , I have an old iphone 11 , can I use this to set this up by using wifi and not having to take out a contract on my spare iphone ?
@Stunl3yAndorids Family Link is 3 times better than Iphones. With Iphone kids are still able to play around wiht system stuff, while family link can block the whole screen during the downtime.
@ComedianNoobsWaaaaaaay too much rambling..get to the point
@xoxoxoxo1792Can I change it from adult to kid account or do I have to make a new profile for them?
@scarfacejan3Listening to you talk ABOUT it for 5 minutes. Hope you are going to get to the part where you tell me how to put the restrictions in
@francesfuller8041??!!
@jillianekatebordeand the kids just hacked the downtime just by changing the clock setting everytime...
@palaksquestI have an android phone. My daughter has an iPhone. How can I manage parental controls on her phone?????
@shorts-wi6okHi. My granddaughter has an iPad and somehow the focus is on and I can’t seem to turn it off! Any idea how I do that? Thank you.
@naomibryan1443Thankyou, I repair and sell macs, alot of the time to friends with kids and this video easily breaks everything down for them! Kia Ora from New Zealand
@machelpnz-o1pHow to reset? So we can start over? Child is a year older and a little more mature, so wanting to loosen up a few restrictions
@gaylemarquez1277Hi glad I ran into you. Here’s my dilemma. My son told me he needed google in order to access google classroom so he can attach photo to his photography class. After that I was not able to prevent him from using search engine. As you know google does not protect children from third party website. Do he was able to save porn site through google and bypass YouTube time restriction. So even though he has restrictions for YouTube in apple parental control features. Thanks (sarcastic) to google he was able to have more time. How can I stop all search engine so he can’t go the back door way to bypass restrictions.?
@yolandapierson5213Is there a way to add the controls if my daughter is already on the family, I don’t see any options. She already has her own Apple ID
@jenniferpillarella9960I need help because the iPhone keeps disengaging my app limits and downtime. I can no longer see my child’s usage.
I have completely lost faith in Apple limits to protect my child. Can you help me?
My kids phone all apps say time limit and I have no time limit on apps. Any tips?
@jdvanity5636Liked this video a lot! to refresh my knowledge on the parental controls....actually, i did all these kind of settings already in the past.. but it seems still there is some way to bypass the downtimes even. any idea how this could happen?
@satgog7403Nice video but unfortunately screen time is so full of bugs that even apple technicians struggle with it. I spent over 4 hours getting support from apple help and it still has problems. If you just set it up as described in this video it may seem to work however a few tests quickly reveal that all sorts of adult content can still be accessed.
Not the fault of this video, it’s pretty spot on. Unfortunately apples service is really lacking
What I really like this video is that you give recommendations about how you manage the settings and what considerations you make for your children—including the conversations you have with them. Too many videos just on the software, which isn’t helpful. And I appreciate you helping us think through different scenarios. I am curious at what age and maturity level you start opening up more independence and settings. My somewhat older child tends to be more addicted to the screen and videos, and I am not letting them have a smartphone yet. I’m watching this video to see if I’m comfortable to move forward giving them an iPhone, or if I should just go with a dumb phone like the LightPhone. Thanks again.
@pk-doclaThis is def not effective for any child who is able to google search and read. Do yourself a favor and google “how to get around screen time limits on iPhone” or “how to disable parental controls on _<input your device here; iPad, tablet, Samsung phone>_”. You’ll be SHOCKED by what you’ll see
@aprila1990Please help. My son keeps removing screen time? How is he doing this?
@Deematt871Would they be able to change iCloud's??? Someone please help!!!!!
@MartinaThomas985You had me at diagnosed with ADHD in your forties!! 🙌🏾
@tawandalasheaI watched several videos and this made the most sense out of all of them. Straight to the point, and detailed! Thank you!
@sadiejones8413This was awesome thanks so much, I definitely learned a lot and will be putting limits on my phone. My children don’t yet have phones but this is amazing and I won’t be afraid once they do get them. Thanks so much for this
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