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The main avenue of kids accessing the internet is via their smartphone. I'm not too knowledged into the functionality and capabilities of the built in parental by Google and Apple. Can anybody chime in and explain?
It will be nice to have somekind of MDM solutions, ideally free with a nice guided setup, for parents managing kid's phone.
Apple provides a lot of choices through “Family Sharing” where parents manage settings through iCloud. You can restrict apps, times, duration, content by ratings, websites, purchases, calling, etc
When my kids were little and got their first phones, Family Sharing didn’t really exist yet, but there were apps that might be more similar to what you’re thinking. However my restrictions actions were pretty minimal - mainly to limit screen time overall and after lights out