Google Family Link

It allows you to create and manage a Google account for a child under the age of 13 (normally impossible according to the conditions of use of Google).

Parental management of digital tools

Whether it is the time of use or the type of content, for a very small or for a teenager, nowadays, parents are generally to the fact that they must restrict the use of their children’s internet.

Often they get lost and discourage. Worse, they abandon the project.

Here are some technical tracks and stuff that will help you stay in control of the situation.

• Remember that this are tools that can help you. Daily education and communication are fundamental for your children to make good use of technologies.
• The computer world being constantly evolving, it is possible that certain information offered on this page (April 2020) is obsolete. We thank you for your understanding.

iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

Activate Apple family sharing and create an Apple Child account • iPhone & iPad

Android phones and tablets as well as chromebooks

Family Link is an application of Google (owner of Android) which allows parents to supervise the use that their child has of their digital device on Android or Chrome OS.

It allows you to create and manage a Google account for a child under the age of 13 (normally impossible according to the conditions of use of Google).

Demonstration of the installation and configuration of Family Link (English)

More specifically, the application allows:

• Keep an eye on your child’s activities (limit its use)
• Manage your applications
• Content to his curiosity with suggestions for pre-approved applications
• follow up

PC computers

Under Windows 8 and 8.1

Here are two small videos that will allow you to install and configure parental control.

Create a child account
Activate, configure, install parental control

Here is the Windows 10 parental control page from Microsoft

Demonstration of the creation of supervised accounts and their configuration under Windows 10 (English)

Apple computers (iMac, MacBook, Mac Mini, etc.))

Parental control under Mac OS X makes it possible to fix four types of limitations for a “no administrator” account:

1. What applications can be launched.
2. What websites can be viewed.
3. What people are allowed to communicate with your child.
4. What time slices do you allow (or how much daily use).

There are several internet tutorials to learn how to configure parental control. Here is a.

Management of your home network

Regardless of the types of devices used at home (portable, tablet, cellular. ), it is possible to limit their access to the network “to the source”, that is to say at the level of the router. Indeed, some models of routers make it possible to configure the use of WiFi for each of the devices on the network. Dodo time = more wifi!

Here are some recent models:

• Asus AC3100 (the best)
• Linksys AC1750 (good price)
• Circle of Disney (preregches for all ages, is added to an existing network)
• Netgear’s Nighthawk AC1900 (compatible Alexa and Google Assistant)
• Netgear R7000P Nighthawk AC2300 (good for several devices)

If you want to check what kind of parental control allows your current router, search and consult the user manual. A good way to start your research is to identify the manufacturer and the model number and use these keywords as a search on Google.

In addition to the user manual, a search on Google will probably make you discover discussion forums on the subject which can be very relevant to you.

Google Family Link

Whether you are parents of young children or adolescents, the parental control app application allows you to establish basic rules concerning the use of their digital devices. You can better support them in their learning, games and internet browsing, remotely from your own device. The free parental control system Family Link offers you several advantages: supporting your child in his explorations, keep an eye on his activities.

Thanks to activity reports (daily, weekly or monthly), you can know how long it devotes to its favorite applications. Notifications allow you to approve or block the applications that your child wishes to download on the Google Play Store. You can also manage integrated purchases and hide specific applications on its device. Check the time your child spends in front of his screen • Set limits. It is you who determine the maximum use time for your child’s devices, to help them find balance.

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