How to set effective Screen Time limits on iOS?

I was still experiencing the same problem with the possibility of my son to “ignore the limit”. Today it seems to be solved with the new ios update on both phones.

But I really believe that it’s madness for parents to help your child to grow safely without being so exposed so you have to add restrictions on restrictions.

My advise for parents is to avoid as much as possible to buy your child a mobile phone until they are 14 years old, when their brains are developed enough to start to be more responsable.

Hello.

Have peeps checked settings on parent and child phone they need to mirror each other. I had same problem checked child’s phone her ‘block at downtime’ wasn’t swiped, however on my phone it was

hope this helps

Months trying to solve this issue. Talking with Apple Support, sendong videos, print screens, etc

this is surreal . If is a child account why its possible to “ignore the limit”??

Or why the screen time reset randomly?

im desappointed with Apple

This is a deal breaker to me.

I realize that when I turned off the passcode that unlocks the iPad for my kid that that seemed to screw up the screen time settings I had set up using my iPhone. I turned the passcode back on and restart the iPad then make sure that the Screen Time passcode itself was working again… And then I made sure that “block at downtime” was checked back on. It’s the switch that says block at downtime that you really have to look at. When that’s checked then theoretically the kid can’t ignore the downtime setting. But again, I realize that everything started to go screwy after I turned off the iPads screen lock password. In other words, I thought at first it didn’t matter if my kid locked his iPad in order to pick it up and use it so I turned it off… But that’s when my problem started.

One thing I have found helpful is to make their downtime a full 24 hours, so start at 7:01pm and end at 7:00pm. This way when you enable downtime it shuts everything down.

however we are having the ignore downtime option now and I found if I delete app limits they can’t bypass it. I think so anyways.

Sadly, no.

I’ve tried every troubleshooting and talk to Apple every few days.

They know it is broken but do not have a fix.

We just updated to 16.5.1 and it is even worse.

Are you using the latest iOS 16.5, the update says "Fixes an issue where Screen Time settings may reset or not sync across all devices"

About iOS 16 Updates - Apple Support

There are many phone options available that don't have games or internet access that may be an option. Sometimes kids need to earn the privilege to trust them with a smartphone.

Has anyone figured out the screen code issue. I really need to it up and running again.

Hi I’m old enough to not have time limit because I changed my behavior when i was first 10. How do I get rid of it?

You can see the option to block limits if you have a screen time password enabled — otherwise you won’t see the option.

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Literally saying that I a screen time when I did not do it😡

this was my problem, thanks for solving

on my phone I want to put ignore screen time limit so I can talk and call my mom because my phone unlocked really late and she calls me and I can’t see it because my phone is locked.