How to implement Parental Controls on your child's iPhone?

When it comes to keeping your kids safe with their devices, Parental Controls are an important consideration. If you have Apple devices , including iPhones and iPads, at home, you have access to a powerful set of resources for controlling what your kids can do on their own devices. You just need to know how to set them up.

Here's what you'll need to do to set up Parental Controls on Apple devices:

Set content and privacy restrictions using Screen Time

To get started, you must have Screen Time for Family set up on your device.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap Screen Time.
3. Tap Turn on Screen Time.
4. After reading a summary of what Screen Time can offer, tap Continue.
5. If you're setting up Parental Controls on your child's iPhone , select This is My Child's iPhone
6. Tap Downtime, then configure the times you want your child's iPhone to be offline. For example, you might want to prevent them from playing games or using social media after dinner. Regardless of the times you choose, calls and messages will still be available.
7. Tap the back button, then tap App Limits. From there, you can choose how long your child can use different types of apps. For example, you can limit social media and games to two hours a day, then tap Set App Limit.
8. Press the back button again and select Content & Privacy Restrictions . Then, turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions and create a passcode so you can access Screen Time Parental Controls , but your child can't

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Check iTunes and App Store purchases

Prevent purchases and downloads with Parental Controls:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap Screen Time.
3. Select Content & Privacy Restrictions. You may be asked to enter your password at this point.
4. Tap iTunes & App Store Purchases.
5. Select Don't Allow where you want.

Activate “Ask to Buy”

This process must be done on your device — not your child's device. After you set up Parental Controls, you, as the family organizer, can approve or deny requests from your child to make purchases, such as buying a new app for their phone.

1. Open the Settings.
2. Select your name at the top of the screen.
3. Tap Family Sharing.
4. Select Ask to Buy.
5. Tap the name of your desired family member.
6. Use the toggle button to turn Ask to Buy on or off.

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Determine which websites your child is allowed to visit

1. Open the Settings app, then tap Screen Time.
2. On the Screen Time page, tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. You may need to enter your Screen Time passcode.
3. If it's not already enabled, slide the button for Content & Privacy Restrictions to the right.
4. Tap Content Restrictions.
5. In the Web Content section, click Web Content.
6. Depending on how restrictive you want to be, tap Limit Adult Websites or Allowed Websites Only. Once you've made this selection, you can fine-tune the controls by adding websites to the list of allowed (or disallowed) websites.

Prevent obscene content

1. Go to the Settings.
2. Tap Screen Time.
3. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
4. Select Content Restrictions.
5. Select the settings you want.

From this Parental Controls screen , you can restrict:

• Ability to play music, music videos, podcasts , and news that contain inappropriate content.
• Ability to find and view music videos.
• Ability to share what they are listening to with friends and see what their friends are listening to.
• Movies, TV shows, book content, and apps with specific ratings.

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Disable built-in apps

1. Go to the Settings app and tap Screen Time.
2. Select Content & Privacy Restrictions.
3. Enter your Screen Time passcode , as instructed.
4. Select Allowed Apps.
5. Disable the apps you want to disable.

Note: Disabling these apps does not delete them, it simply hides them from your child's home screen

Limit Siri web searches

1. Go to the Settings.
2. Tap Screen Time.
3. Select Content & Privacy Restrictions.
4. Tap Content Restrictions.
5. Scroll down to Siri , then choose your settings. You can prevent Siri from searching the web when you ask a question and prevent Siri from displaying any language from this setting.

Source: businessinsider.com