yeah. They’re pretty shit. I used apple’s family thing and it worked for a while, but I eventually got tired of dealing with it, and my kids finally hit the age where they listen to me for more than they don’t listen to me so I’m going with that.

When I was a kid my folks couldn’t keep me away from a computer. I assume my kids will do something similar. My kids come from split households and at some point a phone for the kids became a requirement.

At this point my only rule is location data stays on, really. I talk to them on occasion about whom they text, talk to, etc. Same as Internet in general. If something gets bad enough I reserve the right to go through their phones but I’ve never done it. It’s mostly just bullshit tho.

Again, I’m lucky that my kids listen to me more often than they ignore me so my mileage is different than others.