Google Family Link - How To Manage Your Child's Screen Time

Google Family Link is an app that enables parents and guardians to manage screen time on compatible family devices.

The app not only gives you control as a parent, but can be set up to give your child varying levels of autonomy to foster self-determination and encourage adopting their own responsible online behaviours depending on their unique level of maturity.

00:00 - Introduction to Google Family Link
01:00 - Creating An Account for Children and Parents
01:41 - Google Family Link App
02:05 - Family Group
02:23 - Google Family Link Settings
05:03 - Review App Activity
06:15 - Location Settings
06:28 - Lock Devices
06:45 - Set Daily Limits
07:08 - Bedtime Settings
07:24 - Reviewing Child Devices
08:30 - Offline Functionality
08:54 - Supervised YouTube Accounts
09:17 - Final Thoughts

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[TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Helpful and clear overview, exactly what I needed. Not sure if you have another video but it would have been so useful to know if/how to set this up for laptops. I'd like to be able to lock down my son's laptop with approved websites only. I like that I can give restricted access to YouTube as there are so many videos that aren't for kids but are still okay for kids, my older son likes science and my younger son loved Michael Jackson and you can't get many of these videos on the YouTube Kids app.

[atilius]

why do I have a lot of time on the Google app, that i cannot restrict? (and this is takin from the daily limit that i set ) making the experience very stressful

[r..d.]

I have an aftermarket android car stereo. I use family link to track my car's location and lock the radio making it useless, especially if it ever gets stolen.

[nebylicza]

Another major con is that I can’t set time limits for app groups. The app is practically useless for me without this feature.

[TheSatbirsaini]

Parents control not showing in google app on child device

[TopTeachingTasks]

On my family link, it says the device has had no access for two days, but it has been used each day

[KrasiNikolov]

so is there access to mirror screen child's device or notifications he/she receives or access to messages/chat content?

[CarlosEduardoPauluk]

I can't find how to change my daughter's phone timezone. Could you help me? It says that it's activated by admin, so even if I change in her phone, it returns to the preview set. And in Family Link admin page I can't find nothing that changes that. Thank you.

[gusTechnikPro]

I thought I was on the safe side when I limited my child's time to 45 a day. I just found out that I was tricked by my ten year old as he was using the whole for multiple hours without Family link registering it. The trick he used was to open Google Chrome and access all his favourite content, including YouTube through the browser - Google Chrome. And apparently you can not limit the usage of those apps, and the usage of those apps does not count towards total screen time. That renders the whole Family Link app useless - is there a workaround? Is there something I am missing?

[smoothoperator]

This app was the worst thing I’ve ever tried to access

[NikolaiSiurdyna]

Great video.
I would like to ask if there is a way to have different time constraints on 2 different devices?
Example: phone and tablet under same kids name.
Currently the preset time is simply split half/half between both devices, without an option to differentiate...

[franceshaggitt]

Can you use iOS sons snd android parent

[rochellhalsell]

The old one is much easier to use the new update is frustrating

[kratoz_]

How can i schedule 2 downtime on a single day?

[gurzantsingh]

Hello sir i live in Europe portugal and my child in India . There's problem both account were not same country . Si what i do now??

[randallcarter]

Is there any way to lock the parents phone when the child wants the phone in this family link?

[Mr.DragunCop]

Hello so im trying to see my brothers battery but it stays at a percent.

[hernandezfamily]

Does it work with android having parental control over ios

[phannyrodriguez]

It’s so annoying you can’t change anything