A parent asks how to control a school-required iPad that their child also uses for homework. I discuss Apple’s Screen Time controls, NextDNS internet filtering, and home router schedules, including how the school’s restrictions may affect which controls parents can use.
I also explain why I recommend putting the iPad away after homework and paying attention to how much time children spend away from the internet.
Chapters:
0:00 A school-required iPad
1:28 Screen Time and school restrictions
2:16 App and website controls
3:27 NextDNS internet filtering
3:55 Putting the iPad away after homework
5:15 Home router controls
Resources discussed:
Apple parental controls: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105121
NextDNS: https://nextdns.io
Gryphon: https://gryphonconnect.com
Family IT Guy helps parents protect their kids from the two biggest digital dangers: addictive algorithms and anonymous communication, and the ways AI is making both worse. Ben Gillenwater spent 30 years in cybersecurity, and he teaches this as a parent in the same trenches you are.
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