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What is “weird stuff”? I have actually set up two different ssid’s and the kids only connect to one, but I haven’t enabled time limits on theirs (yet). I need
by prpl 5y ago
What is “weird stuff”?
I have actually set up two different ssid’s and the kids only connect to one, but I haven’t enabled time limits on theirs (yet). I need to, because the 13 year old doesn’t understand not to use devices which don’t have easy parental controls (switch) at night.
Previously I also edited /etc/hosts to localhost youtube, which was most effective (but not available on iOS/switch.
The big cause of the problem? Fortnite. I would love to just kill Fortnite but it would also mean disconnection from part of his social network (which he is experiencing currently)
So anyway, as a parent, you are up against a social network and an addicting game company - the odds are stacked against you.
- hannob 5y ago> What is “weird stuff”? Doing something that is clearly illegal to stop your kids from accessing the Internet certainly is. Bonus points if it is also heavily enforced and easily traceable. All of that is true for using a signal jammer.
- causi 5y agoThe Switch has pretty robust parental controls; you can even control it remotely from a smartphone.
- lostlogin 5y agoYou don’t need any help by the sounds of it, but her is some unsolicited advise anyway. A Pihole gives a nice GUI to what you are doing, and has some nice config options.
- AvocadoPanic 5y agoI force all devices on my network to use my local ADGuard DNS. Maintaining host files is too much administrative effort.
- teawrecks 5y agoIf any device has coherent parental controls it's the Switch.
- prpl 5y agoI know I need to download the app, but I have been procrastinating and I _just_ figured out ScreenTime reliably (annoyingly it doesn’t share properly with his Macbook either, and it’s buggy a bit there too)