- 1 Set Up Family Sharing
- 2 On Your Child’s iPhone, Enable Ask to Buy
- 3 How to Personalise The Parental Controls
- 4 Use Screen Time To Set Content And Privacy Limits
- 5 Limit What Siri Can Search For Online
- 6 Be Informed When Sensitive Content Is Detected
- 7 How To Limit The Gaming Focus
- 8 Enable Adjustments To Privacy Setups
- 9 Put Time Limit on Certain Apps
- 10 Empowering Digital Parenthood: Be a Safe iPhone User
Do you want to keep your children away from misusing technology? You should consider it when it comes to keeping your children safe.
Here, you’ll be given a proper guide on managing the content your children can access on their own devices if you own Apple products, such as iPhones and iPads.
All you need to do is know how to assemble them. This is what you will have to accomplish.
Set Up Family Sharing
The Family Sharing group organiser can use Family Sharing to set up parental controls for the kids in the group.
You must choose an adult family member as the family organiser to set up Family Sharing.
The family organiser must complete these steps to enable Family Sharing on their iOS device.
- Click on Settings and select your name.
- After selecting Set Up Your Family, select Family Sharing.
- Then, stick to the guidelines to include your family members.
On Your Child’s iPhone, Enable Ask to Buy
You may set up this function for teens if your family sharing is enabled. By default, it has been set up for children under thirteen.
Just be aware that after your child turns 18, you won’t be able to switch it back on.
- Go to Ask to Buy in Family Sharing.
- After choosing your child’s name, turn on Ask to Buy.
How to Personalise The Parental Controls
You can set up parental restrictions for a child’s device or add them to your Family Sharing group and adjust them immediately.
These settings are continuously adjustable. To add any of the following, follow the setup steps displayed on the screen:
- Age-based limitations on the content of books, TV series, and applications, as well as films
- Limitations and breakdowns for particular apps
- Restrictions on the individuals your child may contact with Permissions for purchases or complimentary downloads.
Use Screen Time To Set Content And Privacy Limits
You must set up Screen Time for Family on your device before beginning.
1. On your iPad or iPhone, launch the Settings app.
2. Select the Time on the Screen.
3. Press to activate screen time.
4. Click Continue once you’ve read an overview of the benefits of the Screen Time feature.
5. Choose This is My Child’s iPhone if you’re setting parental controls on your child’s iPhone.
6. Select Downtime, then set the hours your child’s iPhone should not be connected.
7. Choose App Limits after tapping the back button. You can set a daily limit of two hours for social networking apps and games, for instance, by selecting Set App Limit.
8. Turn on the Content & Privacy Restrictions option and set up a passcode allowing you to access the parental controls for Screen Time while keeping your child out of it.
Limit What Siri Can Search For Online
1. Launch the Settings application.
2. Select “Screen Time.”
3. Choose the Restrictions for Content & Privacy.
4. Select Content Limitations.
5. Select Siri by swiping down and then adjusting. Within this setting, you can stop Siri from displaying inappropriate language and searching the web when you ask a question.
Be Informed When Sensitive Content Is Detected
Screen Time can verify if any sexually explicit images or videos have been emailed or received by you or other family members.
Check for photos that may be sensitive. Additionally, you can impose limitations on purchases and filter out sensitive items. Check out How to Block Unsuitable Content from a Family Member’s Device.
How To Limit The Gaming Focus
Following are the steps to limit the gaming focus for your kids:
Step 1: Select Screen time under Settings. Click or tap “Privacy & Content Restrictions.”
Step 2: Enter the passcode for Screen Time. Next, select “Content Restrictions.” After selecting your preferences, go down to the Game Center.
Certain Game Center functions might be restricted:
- Multiplayer Games: Make it impossible to engage in multiplayer gaming.
- Adding Friends: Prevent Game Center users from adding friends.
- Stop screen recording so that neither the screen nor the sound may be recorded.
Enable Adjustments To Privacy Setups
You may choose which apps have access to data stored on your device or its hardware functions by adjusting the privacy settings.
Turn to Screen Time under Settings. If asked, select “Content & Privacy Restrictions” and provide your Screen Time passcode after selecting “Privacy,” like the settings you wish to limit.
Put Time Limit on Certain Apps
You can establish daily time limitations for specific applications or app categories, including social media or games, by activating “app limits.” Every day, all app limits are updated.
Empowering Digital Parenthood: Be a Safe iPhone User
We hope this article has made setting up parental controls on your iPad and iPhone more accessible.
Regardless of your child’s age, you can establish clear boundaries for screen time and protect them from inappropriate information. Apple’s screen time feature is simple to set up and offers a wealth of helpful settings.
Just keep in mind that no number of parental controls can replace open communication and parental guidance.
Also read: What are parental control apps?