iPhone parental controls

[Anonymous]

I am grateful if someone please tell me if iPhone parental controls stop working when the child turns 13???

I keep setting up controls and somehow my child is able to override them. This happened multiple times - he tells me that parental control stop working when the age is 13….

Today I looked at his phone settings, and found out that he was able to connect an AMEX card (of his father) using his Apple iCloud email and account and he was able to buy a lot of games. I am glad I was able to catch it….

And no parental controls at all on his phone…

[Anonymous]

This is op.
I still don’t know how my son was able to override parental controls. In any event, I went ahead and deleted his iCloud / apple account, so whatever game progress he had is gone.

Parents, do not trust apple’s parental control. Even after you figure out how to set up that confusing set of rules, your child can override your control, and you won’t be notified.

Apple deserves the lawsuit it got… its parental controls software is some sort of fraud to lure in kids into spending money and getting addicted to smartphone.

Plus, there is no gadget any more appropriate for teenagers with just calling and gps… gizmo is for younger kids… so we are stuck with attempt #2 with the same phone, reset parental controls, and a convo with the kid to make good choices, and praying to the universe he does not get into trouble AGAIN!

[Anonymous]

So basically you deleted an account that wasn't yours to mess with just because of some games? I guess it's a good thing deleted accounts can be recovered.

[Anonymous]

Yes, agreed upon rules were broken, so agreed upon consequences were enforced.
Very simple. No phone for some time.
There was not even a drama over the loss of account as the teen understood he let us down.
My house - my rules. Sorry

[Anonymous]

The account is mine, just as the responsibility for the child is mine… Just for awareness, the child account is usually created by parent, who is then also able to set up parental controls, which takes some time investment. Apple with its corporate greed may think he is no longer a child and one day remove controls without notification to parent… but this is still about my child and his safety. As such, I see no problem whatsoever deleting the very account I created in order to shield my child - as much as I can - from junk and predators. The same junk that parental controls were supposed to control but failed.

[Anonymous]

By the way, this experience also taught me that apple will make invest lots of time and nerves to delete your account. It’s not as simple as 1, 2, and done… and even when you think you are done, apple will tell you, OK, we got your request to delete the account but we will keep it for a week just in case you change your mind… so come back any time… pathetic

[Anonymous]

I think most parents are given up using parental controls, which is why his very little activity in this thread… But ‘whatever’ is not my approach…

[Anonymous]

* There is very little activity

[Anonymous]

We use an app called OurPact. We tried to use Screentime to limit time on apps and block out certain times but it also did not work. I can’t imagine my kid figured out the passcode but they were able to override it somehow. They insist it was a “glitch” but I don’t know!