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Chapter 8 • Tools for Parents

will not know, and also realize that this code is different from the passcode
lock of the phone itself.

Going into the general settings and enabling restrictions presents you with
many options. You can choose whether or not you want your child to have
access to the iTunes store or music. You can turn off the ability to get on the
internet at all (Safari) and investigate different restriction options for content.
The restrictions for allowed content (Figure 8.2) can be as conservative or open
as you feel your child is able to manage.
In our mobile device program, we
limit access to many sites early
on in a child’s educational career,
but then slowly open up and allow
more content as a child matures.
The goal is to have them prepared
for the adult world when they
leave both our doors and yours.
Keeping heavy restrictions on
them until they are 18 years old
can actually inhibit the develop-
ment of their own self-control and
self-regulation.
Figure 8.2 Some examples of restrictions place
on a student’s device. There are times when you or your
child find an app that might be
appropriate, but it carries a higher age restriction for whatever reason. Apps
with built-in web browsers (other than Safari) generally always carry with
them a 17+ age restriction because the built-in web browser on an app isn’t
filtered like the Safari app. Also, apps like Facebook carry a 4+ age rating, but
to hold a social media account, the user must be 13+ in most cases. So they
can download the app, but can’t (and really shouldn’t) use it until they are of
proper age.

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