School Requires an iPad. What Can Parents Control?

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

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