Parental control reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YizLoveYerMcDonalds · 2023-10-21 14:03 Is there any suitable ways of limiting the times any kids ipads can be used at? Can it be hosted on a pi? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-10-21 14:12 Pihole or Adguard Home have some (very limited) functions like that, but they would at best just be able to limit internet/network access. They cant prevet general usage of the device. Imo your best off the use the builtin parental controls that Apple provides, those are not selfhosted of course. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EndlessHiway · 2023-10-21 14:24 tell them to put down the damn ipads. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- starbuck93 · 2023-10-21 14:55 I believe it's called Screen Time on the iPad. You can set timers per app and such. I don't use the feature so I'd recommend googling it further ---------------------------------------------------------------------- morbidpete84 · 2023-10-21 15:09 This. As great as selfhosted things are the built in screentime and downtime settings for child account on devices is great and cost $0. We have been using it for years to limit time of day use (school, bedtime and groundings) while still allowing calls, text, maps, school apps and music on their phones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JustForkIt1111one · 2023-10-21 16:09 Take away the ipads at whatever time. Should be somewhere on github. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EndlessHiway · 2023-10-21 16:26 Actually being a parent is soooo 1980's got to have an app to do it now days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ElevenNotes · 2023-10-21 17:39 Sure, lets forbid all technology during childhood so they can't develop skills needed in todays societies. Its called parenting, apply it, to anything from iPad to beeing home late. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjudikated · 2023-10-21 17:43 Check your router; sometimes you can create user profiles and assign devices to them. From there you can assign times. RouterOS does this but I think a OpenWRT, TP-Link and a few others do as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SAM4191 · 2023-10-21 17:52 Some routers have that built in if you are talking about restricting internet access. You can even generate codes for them that give them a specified timespan of internet access. Actually locking up the tablet is only possible on the tablet itself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lilolalu · 2023-10-21 18:09 It's something that you do on iOS level, not on the network level. Just went through the procedure on Android today to limit app access and screentime for my son, I was pleasently surprised how fine grained the "Google Family Link" App works. I.e. you could set different time limits for audiobooks vs games etc. What you can do though is use a child safe DNS level, offered by several DNS services: https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nnyan · 2023-10-21 18:26 Screentime plus NextDNS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EndlessHiway · 2023-10-21 18:27 I didn't say that did I? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kingmahler · 2023-10-21 23:16 Please for the love of god do NOT give your children devices! Don't ruin their attention span and mind with some TikTok garbage. Instead spend time with them playing board games for example that teach them critical thinking ---------------------------------------------------------------------- servergeek82 · 2023-10-22 03:41 Lol I use Google family, Microsoft family, Nintendo switch parental control, and router based blocking ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GeekCornerReddit · 2023-10-22 18:56 Says a Reddit user