Lock down your child’s iPhone with these new parental controls

Like it or not, kids now have their own iPhones. That might sound like a scary idea: the iPhone is a window to the entire internet, through apps, Safari, Messages, and whatever else you have. your A child’s iPhone is not. Instead, you can set your iPhone to lock the way you want it. You can choose which contacts your child can communicate with, which apps they can use, how long they can use those apps, and how often they can use her iPhone first.

Add your child to Family Sharing

The first step is to add your child to Family Sharing. If your child doesn’t have an Apple ID yet, you can create one if you’re the “family manager.” If your child is over the age of 13, they can create an account for themselves, but you can do so regardless.

Open in iOS 16 Settings > FamilyTap. add member button on the top right. Select Create Child Account and tap Continue. Open in iOS 15 settingtap your name, Family Sharing > Add Member > Create Child Account > Continue.

Both platforms will guide you through setting up your account. Everything is self-explanatory, but choose the right age for your child.of course I know how old your child is, but seriously: if you mess this up for any reason, you can’t change it later.

If your child already has an Apple ID, you can add them to Family Sharing. To Settings > Your Name > Family SharingTap. add member It’s on the top right.Tap invite othersClick and follow the instructions on the screen.

With iOS 16, you can now set up parental controls right on your child’s device. These options are the same as those shown below, but this time they’re all conveniently available when you’re setting up your account for the first time. Whether you’re setting up these items now or after you create your account , how they work, and what you can do with them.

Setting up your child’s iPhone

First, pry open your child’s iPhone. on their phone go To Settings > Screen TimeIf you have experience using Screen Time on your personal iPhone, this will feel familiar, but you may not choose some of these limitations for your needs.tap this time Turn on Screen Time > Continue > This is my child’s iPhone, tells iOS that you’re setting Screen Time for your child. (Once you’re all done, you can lock your selections so they can’t be changed. We’ll get to that part later.)

Set a downtime schedule

The first step is to set downtime. With this feature, you can choose specific times when your child’s iPhone is useless except for the apps you allow. you choose them right away.

To create a downtime schedule for your child,[スケジュール済み]Tap the toggle next to Here you can choose how to customize this schedule. By default, Daily is enabled and allows you to select the start and end times for downtime that apply to each day of the week. However, you can choose a unique start and end time for each day of the week by selecting Customize Days.

Weekends are an obvious example. You may want to shut down your child’s phone early on weekdays and late on Friday and Saturday nights. Your child may be practicing late on Wednesdays. It really fits your child’s schedule.

Select restrictions for all apps

One of the most powerful tools in your parental control arsenal is the App Restrictions feature. This option allows you to choose when your child can access each app on her iPhone during her day. Choose from 1 hour of Instagram per day, 2 hours of FaceTime per day, 30 minutes of gaming per day, and more. Once the limit is reached, you will not be able to use that app until the next day. Unless you grant additional access (more on that later).

Check App Restrictions and select Add Restriction. Here you will see categories of all the apps that your child has on her iPhone will pop up.You can choose to apply restrictions You can add restrictions to specific apps by tapping the circle next to each category to show the entire category (for example, games) or by tapping the category arrow to show its apps.

Let’s say you apply restrictions to all “social” apps, such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. Tap on that circle to highlight the category and[次へ]Tap. Then select the duration you want to grant to your social app. If you choose 1 hour, your child will have access to all social apps for her 1 hour per day. In total, 15 minutes Instagram and 45 minutes Facebook M.Essenger, and their time is over. You can choose to apply this selected limit every day or customize the time each day. For example, on weekends he might want to give him two hours a day instead of one.

When finished, tap Add to lock the selection, rinse and repeat with other categories and apps of your choice. It’s a hassle, especially when setting limits on a large number of individual apps, but once you’re set, you don’t have to constantly monitor your child’s app usage.

now your child do If you need more time with one of these apps, you have the option to request it. This request is sent as a standard iPhone notification. With iOS 16, you can approve or decline additional screen time requests directly from your message alerts. In earlier versions of iOS, To Settings > Screen Time To check your request, on your device

Remember your Screen Time passcode

This is the part that locks down the selection: create Use a Screen Time passcode on your child’s phone to prevent them from changing settings on their own. Please do not forget. Reset using your Apple ID.

Decide who can be contacted during screen time and downtime

You also need to check who your child can talk to on their iPhone. First, make sure iCloud Contacts is enabled.On your child’s phone, go [設定]select your name, and select iCloud. Turn on Contacts then go return Screen Time > Communication Limit.

Apple allows you to enable different settings for both regular Screen Time and Downtime, so you can lock it even more if your child doesn’t necessarily need to use the phone.

Under “During Screen Time,” make sure your child chooses “Everyone,” “Contacts Only” (allowing communication with contacts only), or “Contacts and Groups with at least one contact” (allowing groups). ). As long as there is at least one known contact of her in the chat, the chat will take place).

[ダウンタイム中]and,[全員]to contact your child, or[特定の連絡先]You can choose to allow In the latter, you can ‘select from contacts’ or ‘add new contact’ if the person you want to give access to is not already in your child’s digital Rolodex.

You can also manage your child’s contacts here by editing, adding or deleting contacts. You can also disable Allow Editing Contacts to prevent your child from editing their own contacts.

Choose which contacts and apps you always allow no matter what

Depending on your child’s age, it might be a good idea to lock everything down. However, even the most restricted iPhone may require it. A few Feature is always enabled. I don’t want my kids to call or message me. you After all, during downtime.

That’s what the ALWAYS permission setting is all about. You can choose which contacts and apps are always available on your child’s iPhone, including both screen time and down time. Of course, you can choose to include very few contacts and apps in this list. In some cases, it’s just the Phone and Messages apps, and the only contacts allowed are parents and close family members.

The contact section here is the same settings menu as “during downtime” above. However, the app is new.Now tap the green (+) next to the name to open the app[常に許可]or tap the red (-) to remove the app.

content and privacy restrictions

If you think it’s time consuming to check your app’s limits, you’ll need some patience to read this section. It’s basically the main control hub for all content and privacy settings on your child’s phone, including installing or removing apps, whether in-app purchases are allowed, whether inappropriate music can be listened to, etc. , you can select all. What apps can access her iPhone’s camera, microphone, etc. and whether she can change the iPhone’s passcode herself.I have tons Depending on your child’s age, you may need to configure all settings.

One setting that should be No going under the radar, web content of Content restrictionsHere you can control the types of sites (or specific sites) your child can access through Safari. If you select Allowed Websites, you’ll see a list of nine default sites enabled, including Apple (of course), Disney, HowStuffWorks, and PBS Kids. You can swipe left to remove these sites, or select to add your own.add website“

Another important setting for children is reduce loud noisehelp protect your hearing when listening to loud music or watching loud content.

Communication security

another screening time setting, communication security always checks to see if your child has been sent nude photos. If detected, the message blurs the photo and provides resources to help your child, such as contacting an adult. It doesn’t block your child from looking at the picture, but it does make sure they want to see the image before removing the blur.

Approve or decline purchases using Ask to Buy

You probably don’t want your child making reckless abandonment purchases with a credit card. Ask to Buy can help with that. This setting allows you to send a request to your iPhone whenever your child wants to buy something, such as an app, book, or song. Approve or reject requests on the fly.

To configure, go to: Settings > Your Name > Family Sharing, then tap your child’s name. Tap “Ask to Buy” and follow the on-screen instructions.