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Screen time & devices
How Is My Child Bypassing iPhone Screen Time? 12 Things Parents Should Check
My child is still using an iPhone after the limit. Is Screen Time broken?
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Parental Controls for iPhone When the Parent Uses Android
I use Android. How do I set boundaries on my child’s iPhone?
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My Child Keeps Getting Around Parental Controls — What Should I Do?
We block one thing and my child finds another screen. Where should we start?
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How Much Screen Time Should a 10-, 12- or 14-Year-Old Have?
Is there a recommended daily number of hours for my 10-, 12- or 14-year-old?
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Phone at Night: Should Kids Keep Their Phones in Their Bedrooms?
My child says the phone is an alarm clock. Should it stay in the bedroom?
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How to Manage Screen Time Across Phones, TVs, Game Consoles and VR
Our child reaches the phone limit, then switches to the TV or console. How do we make one plan?
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Screen Time Across Two Homes: How Divorced or Separated Parents Can Set Digital Rules
How can we agree digital rules when my child lives in two homes?
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How to Block YouTube Shorts for Kids Without Blocking YouTube
Can I remove Shorts but keep educational YouTube videos?
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How to Block a YouTube Channel on Your Child's Phone, TV and Tablet
Can I block one creator everywhere without blocking YouTube?
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YouTube Kids Approved Content Only: How to Let Kids Watch Only Channels You Choose
How do I allow only the YouTube channels I choose?
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YouTube Kids vs Supervised YouTube vs Regular YouTube: Which Should My Child Use?
Which YouTube experience should I set up for my child?
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How to Control YouTube on a Smart TV, Roku, Fire TV or Apple TV
Why can my child still watch YouTube on the television?
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How to Lock Kids Into the Right Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video Profiles
How do I stop my child switching to my streaming profile?
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Is Roblox Safe for Kids in 2026? What Parents Actually Need to Change
What should I change before letting my child play Roblox?
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Roblox Parental Controls: The Settings Every Parent Should Check
Which Roblox settings should I review, and how do I know they worked?
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My Child Got Scammed on Roblox: What Parents Should Do Next
My child lost Robux or access to Roblox after a link. What should we do?
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Is Snapchat Safe for a 13-Year-Old? A Parent's Guide to the Real Risks
My 13-year-old wants Snapchat. What should we review before saying yes?
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Is Discord Safe for Kids? What Parents Can and Cannot See
Can I see who my child talks to on Discord without reading every message?
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When Should Kids Be Allowed Social Media? Age, Readiness and Family Rules
All their friends have accounts. Is turning 13 enough?
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Is TikTok Safe for Teens in 2026? A Parent’s Guide to Family Pairing and Privacy
What should we change before our teen starts TikTok?
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Is Instagram Safe for a 13-Year-Old? What Parents Should Set Up First
What protections should be in place before my 13-year-old uses Instagram?
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Is WhatsApp Safe for Kids? Groups, Channels, Calls and Privacy Explained
My child needs a class group chat. How can we make WhatsApp safer?
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Monkey, Yubo, Wizz and OmeTV: What Parents Should Know About Random Chat Apps
Are these random-chat and friend-discovery apps appropriate for my child?
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Is Reddit Safe for Teens? Communities, DMs, NSFW Content and Privacy Explained
What should I check before my teen uses Reddit?
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How to Set Up a Child's First Phone Without Giving Them the Whole Internet
How do we give our child a useful first phone without opening everything at once?
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How to Stop Kids From Making In-App Purchases on iPhone and Android
How do I stop surprise game purchases on my child’s phone?
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What to Do If Your Child Is Being Sextorted Online
Someone is threatening to share my child’s intimate image. What do we do now?
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My Child Is Being Bullied in a Group Chat — What Should Parents Do?
Should we leave the chat, report it to school or save the messages?
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I Found Porn on My Teen’s Phone — How Should I Respond?
Should I confront them, block everything or start a conversation?
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My Child Wants to Livestream — A Parent Safety Checklist Before They Go Live
What must we agree before turning on the camera or live microphone?
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AI Deepfake Nudes at School: What Parents Should Do Immediately
An AI-generated intimate image of my child is circulating. What do we do first?
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My Child’s Gaming Friend Wants to Move to Discord or Snapchat — Should I Worry?
Why does moving a gaming friendship to private chat matter?
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My Teen Wants to Meet an Online Friend in Person — How Can We Make It Safer?
How do we assess a meeting without automatically saying yes or no?
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A Stranger Is Messaging My Child Online — What Should I Do?
Is this an unwanted message or an urgent safeguarding problem?
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Someone Made a Fake Social Media Account Pretending to Be My Child — What Should We Do?
How do we report the fake profile without making the situation worse?
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I Found Out My Teen Is Sexting — How Should I Respond?
What should I do after finding sexual messages or images on my teen’s phone?
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My Child’s Intimate Image Was Shared Without Consent — What Do We Do Now?
Someone already shared my child’s intimate image. What now?
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My Child Is Being Doxxed Online — What Should Parents Do?
Someone posted my child’s address or school online. What do we do?
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What Is Swatting and What Should Families Do if Someone Threatens It?
Someone threatened to send armed police to our home. What now?
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How Do I Know if My Child’s Online Friend Is Really Who They Say They Are?
Can we tell whether my child’s online friend is really fourteen?
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Unknown Calls and Texts on My Child’s Phone: When Should I Worry?
Are unknown numbers on my child’s phone spam or something more serious?
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Privacy & trust
Should Parents Read Their Teen's Text Messages? Safety vs Privacy
Do I need to read my teen’s messages to keep them safe?
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AirTag vs GPS Watch vs Phone: What Actually Works for Tracking a Child?
Can an AirTag replace a GPS watch or my child’s phone?
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Your Child Has a Secret Account or Second Phone: What Now?
I found another account or phone. Does that mean my teen is unsafe?
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Hidden Apps, Calculator Vaults and Private Browsing: What Parents Should Know
An app looks unfamiliar or is missing from the Home Screen. What does that tell me?
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My Child Shared Our Home Address, School or Location Online — What Should I Do Now?
Do we remove the post, report it or treat this as an emergency?
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Should Parents Post Photos of Their Kids Online? A Practical Guide to Sharenting
How can we share family moments while respecting our child’s privacy?
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Someone Posted a Photo or Video of My Child Without Permission — How Can I Get It Removed?
Can I require a platform to remove every photo of my child?
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What Happens When Your Child Turns 13 on Google Family Link?
Does Family Link automatically stop when my child turns 13?
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Should My Child Have Their Own Apple Account or Share Mine?
Should we use the same Apple Account on my child’s iPhone?
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What Happens to Apple Family Controls as Your Child Gets Older?
Do Apple parental controls automatically change at a birthday?
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Can My Child’s School See What They Do Online at Home?
Can a school Chromebook or school account monitor home activity?
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Should Teens Share Their Live Location With Friends? Snap Map, Find My and Privacy
Should my teen let friends see their location all the time?
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My Child’s School Chromebook Has YouTube and Games — What Can Parents Do?
Does Family Link control a Chromebook supplied by school?
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How Kids Use VPNs and Proxies to Get Around Parental Controls — and What Parents Can Actually Do
Why does a block work at home but not on another connection?
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How to Block Porn and Adult Websites on a Child’s Phone and Home Wi-Fi
Which controls do we need on the phone and the home network?
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Google Family Link Stopped Working — 10 Things Parents Should Check
Why can my child still use a device after the limit?
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iPhone Screen Time Limits Aren’t Working — What Parents Should Check
Is this a broken limit or a setting that allows more time?
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Apple Ask to Buy Request Isn’t Showing Up — What Parents Should Check
My child requested an app. Where is the approval request?
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Amazon Fire Kids Parental Controls: What Parents Can and Cannot Limit
What can I actually restrict on an Amazon Fire Kids tablet?
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Is Twitch Safe for Kids? Watching, Chatting and Streaming Explained
Can my child watch a creator without also chatting or going live?
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My Child Is Talking to Strangers on Fortnite — What Should I Do?
Does “friends and teammates” allow people my child does not know?
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Is Minecraft Multiplayer Safe for Kids? Servers, Realms and Chat Explained
Is a Realm with friends the same as a public server?
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My Child Spent Hundreds on Robux or V-Bucks — What Can I Do?
The money is already spent. Who can handle the refund?
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Meta Quest Parental Controls: What Parents Should Set Up Before a Child Uses VR
How do I control apps, browsing and contact on a Quest headset?
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Is VRChat Safe for Kids? What Parents Need to Know About Social VR
Is my child talking to adults in VRChat?
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Nintendo Switch Parental Controls: A Complete Parent Setup Guide
How do I limit Switch play time, chat and purchases?
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PS5 Parental Controls: What Parents Should Configure
Which PS5 settings stop unwanted games, chat and spending?
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Xbox Family Safety: Screen Time, Multiplayer, Chat and Spending Explained
What does Xbox Family Safety actually control?
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Steam Families and Parental Controls: A Parent Guide for PC Gaming
How do I control PC games without sharing my Steam account?
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Why Are Kids’ Apps Full of Ads and In-App Traps? A Parent Guide to Dark Patterns
Why does my child’s game keep pushing ads and purchases?
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Can Kids Use ChatGPT for Homework Safely? Privacy, Accuracy and Cheating Explained
Can AI help my child learn without exposing private information or doing the assignment?
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My Child Was Falsely Accused of Using AI for Schoolwork — What Should We Do?
How can we ask for a fair review without manufacturing proof?
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My Child Shared Personal Information With an AI Chatbot — What Should I Do?
Does deleting the chat undo what my child shared?
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AI Voice-Cloning Scams: How Families Can Verify an Emergency Call
A caller sounds like my child and needs money urgently. How do I check?
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My Child Clicked a Scam or Phishing Link — What to Do in the First 30 Minutes
They clicked a link. Do we reset everything or check what happened first?
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Passwords, Passkeys and 2FA for Kids: A Family Account Security Guide
How do we protect a child’s accounts without making recovery impossible?
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My Child’s Social Media Account Was Hacked — What Should We Do First?
How do we stop the attacker and recover the right account?
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My Child’s Google Account Was Hacked — A Parent Recovery Checklist
What should we secure when Google access affects so many services?
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My Child’s Apple Account Was Hacked — What Should Parents Do?
How do we respond to unexpected Apple sign-ins or changed details?
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Child Identity Theft: How to Check, Freeze and Protect Your Child’s Credit
Could someone have opened accounts using my child’s identity?
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My Child’s Social Security Number Was Exposed in a Data Breach — What Now?
What should I do if a breach exposed my child’s Social Security number?
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Smartwatch, Dumb Phone or Smartphone? Choosing a Child’s First Communication Device
We need contact after school. Do we need a full smartphone?
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My Child Lost Their Phone — What Should I Do First?
Do we try to find the phone or protect the accounts first?
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Why Has My Child’s Location Stopped Updating?
The dot still says home. Does that mean my child is there?
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My Child Got an Unknown AirTag or Tracking Alert — What Should We Do?
Does an unknown tracking alert mean someone is following my child?
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How Is My Child Still Online After I Turned Off the Wi-Fi?
The router says blocked. Why is the game still working?
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I Found an Unknown Device on My Home Wi-Fi — What Should I Do?
Is the unfamiliar name in my router an intruder?
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Router Controls vs Phone Parental Controls: Which One Actually Stops What?
Should we use router controls or an app on the child’s phone?
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