Requires two apps: the AT&T Secure Family app, which you download onto your phone, and the Secure Family Companion App, which you download onto your kid's phone.Īllows you to pause the internet whenever you want as well as schedule a time for the device to disconnect from the network. Offers a full suite of parental controls in addition to letting you disconnect devices. Here's a sampling if you don't see your carrier, give them a call. Some ISPs also offer robust parental controls, such as content filtering, website blocking, and location services, as a built-in feature or a service that you can access through an app. Otherwise, look to your internet service provider. If you're somewhat tech savvy, you can see if your router software (which you can find on your main home computer) offers the ability to disconnect devices from the network. If you want to completely shut down your kid's device, go to their profile and tap "lock.".Once your kid's profile is set up, select Bedtime and set the span of time your kid can't use their phone.On your phone, create a family manager account.Download the Family Link for Children & Teens on your kid's phone (available for Android only).Download the Family Link for Parents app on your phone (available for iOS or Android).Family Link requires two downloads, one for your phone and one for your kid's. But you can also completely lock the device so kids can't even get into it. Google's Family Link app allows you to schedule a span of time for the phone to be off, such as bedtime. If you want to manage your kid's phone using your own phone, first set up Family Sharing and then enable Screen Time settings.
You can enable Screen Time on your kid's phone and protect the settings with a pass code, or you can remotely manage your kid's phone by setting everyone up on Family Sharing. But you can also turn off everything but the calling feature if you wish. Located in the Screen Time settings, Downtime makes an iPhone more like a regular phone: Kids can still call, text, FaceTime, and use any apps that you allow, such as a music-streaming app.
You can cut your kid off by enabling Downtime in the OS. (Get tips on the best practices for using parental controls.) Here are a few methods to turn off kids' phones at night. You can also enable settings that lock phones from dusk 'til dawn - or any other time you want to make them unavailable. Taking away your kid's phone at night isn't the only way to make sure they get a good night's sleep (and avoid any inappropriate late-night use).
This post originally appeared on Common Sense Media.
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