[throwaway71271]

> An iPhone has pretty good parental controls, but when it’s time for the child to connect with their peers, the same place they connect with peers is the same place designed to exploit them, with little to no alternative.

try to use it and you will see how bad it actually is, reinstalling an app removes its timeout, any kid almost trivially goes around it, you have to not forget to block the web versions of the apps, there is +1 minute, there is issue with whatsapp links etc

my daughter(12) also just asks for 15 mins extra youtube, then she just looks at my fingerprints on the phone to guess the screentime code, so i have to wipe my fingerprints like i am in a james bond movie (changed the screentime code like 3 times until i figured out what is happening)

i am trying to teach her self control and also to monitor her feed like a hawk and be super critical of what she watches

also once a week we go over all the feeds and try to teach the algorithms to show better things (like/follow some science/code youtubers, block toxic ones, watch few videos etc)

i also pay for everything i can so she doesnt see ads (including having pi-hole and adblockers)