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Lock down your child's phone

Tick-box set-up sheets you fill in with the phone in your hand, a family phone agreement to sign together, and a quick check every three months. For iPhone, Android and Windows or Xbox.

Print it. Tick it. Done.

The pack's cover pagePreview of the iPhone Screen Time set-up sheetPreview of the family phone agreement

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What's inside

  1. 01Before you startWhat to have ready, which sheet you need, and a safe place to note the passcode.
  2. 02Pick your starting point by ageUnder 11, 11 to 12, and 13 to 15: phone type, approvals, time limits, bedtime, filters.
  3. 03iPhone: Screen Time set-up sheetFamily Sharing, passcode, Downtime, App Limits, Communication Limits, Ask to Buy, location. Tick as you go, write in your times.
  4. 04Android: Google Family Link set-up sheetDaily limit, Downtime and School time, app limits, download approvals, Chrome and YouTube, permissions.
  5. 05Windows PC and Xbox: Microsoft Family Safety sheetScreen time across devices, app and game limits, web filters, spending, and the Xbox Family Settings app.
  6. 06Our family phone agreementFill it in and sign it together: times, where the phone sleeps, new apps, and who to tell if something online upsets them.
  7. 07When they ask for more timeWhere the requests turn up on each device, three questions before you answer, and things you can say without a row.
  8. 08Check every 3 monthsA four-column checklist so the settings keep working as apps update and children find workarounds.
  9. 09Where to get helpApple, Google and Microsoft's own help pages, broadband and mobile filters, and the UK rules.
Blink saysThe honest bit: everything in this pack is in our free guides. You're paying for the print-and-tick version, laid out so you can sit down with both phones and just work through it.

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