Google Family Link || How We Monitor Our Kids' Devices for Free

We want to share with you how we monitor our kids' devices using Google Family Link!

Our oldest just got his first phone and there is a lot of stuff we don't think he is ready for or that he shouldn't have to be exposed to at his age, so we searched high and low and settled on Google Family Link.

In this video, we go over how Google Family Link works and how we monitor our kids' devices for free on it.

If you are thinking about maybe getting your child a device for Christmas, but want to find a way to monitor it, then we can highly recommend Google Family Link!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Setup
1:51 First look
1:59 Location
2:42 Today's activities (limits)
3:32 Locking the phone
3:56 Daily limits
4:26 Bedtime
5:24 Install apps
6:48 Find phone
7:42 Settings

[RealOrganized]

First of all, thank you so much for your thoughtful comments! We love that there are such mixed opinions on this topic.

To disgruntled teenagers and children, perhaps we can ask you to consider the following? You may or may not realize how different the world is today from what it was when we, your parents, were teens. Unattended, children today can access material with literally two clicks on a screen, that was completely out of reach (on the top shelf of a dodgy corner shop or otherwise out of reach) back in our day. I personally didn't get my first mobile phone until I was well into my teens, and the "worst thing" I could do with it was play Snake during class (check it out, it's great).



We agree that control without context and an open discussion is doomed to fail. That's why we try to do both, which, to be fair, perhaps isn't conveyed well enough in the video. In the end, we do trust our son (and he knows it). We do not, however, trust multi-billion dollar industries and corporations with the knowledge and capabilities to put material in front of unsuspecting children that will hook, trick, or harm them without them even realizing it.


Please keep sharing your thoughts. However, consider that if your parents are using a device-monitoring app such as Google Family Link, you might find that they're less concerned about control and more... well... just concerned. About you. About your safety. And about your physical and mental well-being.



We hope this clears up a little more about why we use this type of monitoring app and hope you can have a good, honest discussion with your parents about the topic. Thanks for watching.

[argpap]

Parents: fought for your freedom
Also parents:

[quanganhvu]

Parents : We are working very hard to get you a better life
Also parents :

[aradiakh]

Thx a lot u made my life like hell thx

[cam]

Respect for the squad who sneak their parents phone and unlock their phones xD

[Exposingbcican]

Family link me feel unsafe I can't even tell my friend something privately cuz of this "family link"

[Anonimo-cfzb]

Thank you, I think my parents saw this video and now I have anxiety 🥰

[godgameryt]

Legends came to know what their parent can watch with this 🤣🤣

[j.g]

Why is this app even for teenagers? I'm 17 years old and was force to download this, once you get this app your phone is now unusable

[luvitystay]

this app ruined my life. If i ever get children, im DEFINATELY not putting family link on their phone EVER.
(my phones locking in 5 minutes btw its not even 8am yet thx a lot :>)

[gracemahesh]

I understand that you want to protect your children from dangerous content on the internet, but I don't think this app is the solution. I agree that children should be children and not spend so much time on screens, but this app can make them lose trust in you. What might happen when they are able to remove the app as adults, they can become more rebellious. When they feel the freedom they'll be afraid that they'll lose it, and do worse things online. I feel before I had family link, I used less screen time. After I got family link, I felt pressured to use all of my screen time before it's my bedtime, or I will feel like I wasted it.
Maybe you could use a different app, which just shows location and how much screen time they used. And you could just tell them to get off their phones instead of locking their phones on your screen. This can also make your children feel like you have control over them, but you're not controlling them. Instead your guiding them.
I know this comment probably won't change your minds, but I just wanted to share my opinion.

[stephanievelazquez]

This was really brave of u to leave comments open

[argpap]

This app help the parents not the kids and affect badly their psychology. I hate this app and I think that the kids that have it hate their parents

[darceyhamm]

I think this app is for younger than 10 year olds because if you have a phone at younger than 10 u need this but if you older it atleast at 12 years old you dont need this

[Aloooushh]

With all of my respect to you and your video but I don't see the point of the app, I mean if YOU don't trust ur kids it's your problem, kids, teens, adults everyone need some privacy, maybe instead of just controling ur son by the easy way u can teach him what's wrong not control his Action, from the comment sections I see that not everyone is happy and I am not the only negative person, I am a 15yrs old with family link and let me tell yous something it's the worst thing, like u guys were also teens, I don't think u had that much parents keeping an eye on you, parents that use family link are parents that have no trust, are bad parents that's why they force their sons but they deeply know they failed

[aleenack]

So my dad just sent a video about this app to me and according to all the comments and reviews, it seems like I'm about to lose all my freedom.someone please help

[adiszeq_]

Okay. maybe at this age it's even okay but at the age of 12-15 you would give him such control?

[Charlie-ysgq]

Putting this app on your child's device should be abuse

[iamahuman.]

Im literally 14 and my mom saw ykur video and now my life is hell. Thanks.

[soulmortal]

Soo you can see their Google history 😳