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1) For M-F, they are allowed 1 hour a day. Go to Settings->Screen Time->App Limits. 2) For Sat and Sun, 3 hour limit, but a time window of 6am-9am. So if the
by aantix 5y ago
1) For M-F, they are allowed 1 hour a day.
Go to Settings->Screen Time->App Limits.
2) For Sat and Sun, 3 hour limit, but a time window of 6am-9am. So if they're going to use the time, it'd better be in the morning while we're sleeping in. :)
Go to Settings->Screen Time->Downtime (enable scheduled).
3) I've always curated their Youtube subscriptions, without their knowledge, unsubscribing from the 100's of Minecraft channels they subscribe to (leaving a few) and adding Science and discovery type channels. :)
Manage Youtube subscriptions here: https://www.youtube.com/feed/channels https://www.youtube.com/feed/channels
4) Lastly, my wife and I have decided to start curating the apps that that they can use with extended hours. If they want to use their iPads longer than the daily hour, they will have utilize one of the following:
- iMovie
- Garage Band
- Epic Game Maker ( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epic-game-maker-sandbox-craft/id1403717791 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epic-game-maker-sandbox-craft/... )
- Pokemon Go (since that would still get them out of the house.
The above app limit exceptions can also be managed with: Settings->Screen Time->App Limits.
The above curation idea was taken from a Billie Eilish - she said that her parents let her stay up as long as she was doing something creative (which was always writing or composing music).
- sergiomattei 5y agoAdd to that list Factorio or Minecraft! They’re very creative games (especially Factorio, which makes me use my CS education on a daily basis).
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoIt seems like Factorio (I prefer Dyson Sphere Program) might be an outlet for creativity that you already have. Other people will not be as creative, they might need guiding to learn how to optimise and how to make tradeoffs, etc. Depends on the child/person a lot IME. Sometimes we think it's the game that is creative, but it is we who are creative and that creativity can be built in other skills.
- aantix 5y agoWe've debated Minecraft. They play it so, so much (still). We're just trying to force them to branch out a bit.
- chrisjc 5y ago> but a time window of 6am-9am. So if they're going to use the time, it'd better be in the morning while we're sleeping in absolutely genius!
- quintes 5y agoGot some tips on which Science and discovery type channels?
- warpspin 5y agoAh, I also set up a lot of pretty clever iOS screentime rules for the 14 year old. Then I noticed it is ridiculously easy to circumvent a lot of the stuff by changing timezones on the device and Apple STILL has not fixed it :-(
- aantix 5y agoHaven't tried this personally, but found this: 1) Turn on “Content & Privacy Restrictions” 2) Go down and tap on “Location Services” 3) At the bottom you’ll see “System Services” Enable “Setting Time Zone” and then go back 4) At the top of the “Location Services” screen, toggle on “Don’t Allow Changes” - This should grey out the options in System Services and “Setting Time Zone" 5) Now in Settings > General > Date & Time everything should be greyed out and the kid won’t be able to change anything! https://setupsynclearn.com/blog/15/11/2019/ios-tip-how-to-stop-your-kids-from-trying-to-hack-screen-time https://setupsynclearn.com/blog/15/11/2019/ios-tip-how-to-st...
- warpspin 5y agoYeah, this circulates a lot on the internet. I do not know if it EVER worked in any iOS version, but it does not work right now. Which seems logical, as the only thing you're disabling is the use of location services to auto-detect the timezone. Nothing prevents a manual change of the timezone. So if it worked at any time, and not just somebody misunderstanding what it does and then everybody copying the tip without verifying it, it probably simply was a bug, which was fixed since then. Thanks for trying to help, though.