Apple ID and screen time

Here are a couple of tips and solutions for some of the problems you are experiencing:

• Kids resetting time limits on apps - In Contents & Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases, disable "Allow Installing Apps" and "Allow Deleting Apps". This prevents apps from being deleted and re-installed which also resets the time limits.
• Kids getting device passcode - Under App Restrictions, disable allow screen recording. Kids will start recording their screen and hand their phone to you to enter the passcode, then when you hand it back they have the passcode. If you see a flashing red icon on the top of the screen, you know it is being recorded.
• Kids restoring device to factory settings to disable Screen Time - You will need to control their Apple ID password. They don't have a need for it as they won't be downloading apps. Change their password and don't give it to them. There still are other ways they can do a factory reset, especially if they have a computer, but this should help.
• Kids changing device time to allow more time using apps: Go to Con­tent & Pri­va­cy Restric­tions > Loca­tion Services. Under Sys­tem Ser­vices, ensure Set­ting Time Zone is tog­gled on. Tap ​“Don’t Allow Changes” at the top of the Loca­tion Ser­vices page.
• Kids sending messages after the time limit is reached - You will need to disable Siri to prevent them from asking Siri to send the message. You can find this at Con­tent & Pri­va­cy Restric­tions > Allowed Apps and tog­gling off Siri & Dictation.

This is not all the workarounds, but by doing these measures it should reduce some of your problems. You probably have already done this, but under Contents & Privacy, make sure to disable "Passcode Changes" and "Account Changes". The child should not be able to wipe your device without knowing your Password, so make sure to change it often and watch out for that screen recording trick.

I don't have all of the answers for you and I agree that more work needs to be done on the Parental Controls.

Hello papa cube,

I do apologize as I'm not too knowledgeable on child accounts and parent controls. Please verify his Apple ID is:

1. A child account
2. He doesn't know the passcode to Screen Time

There is a whole support page for help setting this up - Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support.

I hope this helps!

I'm sorry I wasn't able to help! I'm not too familiar with these aspects of the iPhone (Parental Controls mainly), but I will try reading more on them to try and provide a better solution unless someone replies first!

Screen time is an absolute joke. I truly believe that Apple is now responsible for a huge number of young people becoming addicted to their phones. My teenage son can get around screen time in about five minutes. Asking for one more minute, resetting the time, and now creating a new iCloud account. I have to believe Apple has done this on purpose. Apple – you are one of the world premiere technology companies. It is a joke that screen time does not work for parents. As someone else posted here, you should just hire a bunch of teens to test screen time for you. You have promised the ability to limit the access that their children have on screens. But you have not delivered. You are failing your customers and you are failing a generation of young people.