Controlling what apps your child uses is an important part of modern parenting. For those families where both parents and kids are using Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, & iPod) Apple has provided a feature called “Ask to Buy”!
Let us take a look at this very useful feature!
Remember:
An Apple ID is required for each person you wish to add to “Apple Family” and they must be signed into iCloud and iTunes
Have an iOS device with iOS 8 or later, or a Mac computer running YOSEMITE or later.
Android or Windows Phone users cannot be part or an Apple family
“We don’t need to install filters, we trust our kids.”
“Our kids wouldn’t be interested in that, and know that it is wrong, so we trust them with their computers in their rooms.”
Those are two common sentiments that I encounter as I do seminars on Internet safety around the country. Sometimes it is voiced by a seminar attendee. Sometimes by the person on the plane next to me.
I understand their feelings, but I think that they are “trusting” their kids… in the wrong way!!!