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Set up parental controls on kids' devices
Kids need safer devices and the menus are a maze. Get a plan pointing to official Screen Time or Family Link steps.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me set up parental controls. Devices: [iPhone / Android / both] Ages: [list] What I want to limit: [apps, bedtime, purchases, web] What we already use: [Family Sharing / Family Link / nothing] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Which official path fits (Apple Screen Time with Family Sharing; Google Family Link for supervised Android; Microsoft Family Safety for Windows/Xbox where relevant). For PlayStation, Nintendo or router controls, tell me to open that maker's official parental-controls help and paste the page — do not invent menu names. 2. A setup order in general terms only — tell me to follow the current on-screen steps on the official help page I open (Apple support.apple.com/en-us/108806: Settings → Family → child's name → Screen Time; Google Family Link: Screen time → Time limits). If menu names may have changed, say so and have me paste the official page. 3. A family agreement in plain words. 4. What controls cannot do (they are not babysitters). Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, steps or official URLs you're not sure of. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. iPhone / Android / both: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me set up parental controls. Devices: [iPhone / Android / both] Ages: [list] What I want to limit: [apps, bedtime, purchases, web] What we already use: [Family Sharing / Family Link / nothing] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Which official path fits (Apple Screen Time with Family Sharing; Google Family Link for supervised Android; Microsoft Family Safety for Windows/Xbox where relevant). For PlayStation, Nintendo or router controls, tell me to open that maker's official parental-controls help and paste the page — do not invent menu names. 2. A setup order in general terms only — tell me to follow the current on-screen steps on the official help page I open (Apple support.apple.com/en-us/108806: Settings → Family → child's name → Screen Time; Google Family Link: Screen time → Time limits). If menu names may have changed, say so and have me paste the official page. 3. A family agreement in plain words. 4. What controls cannot do (they are not babysitters). Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, steps or official URLs you're not sure of. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. iPhone / Android / both: a short note you already have. list: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You name devices and ages.
The assistant asks what you want to limit.
You get a setup plan with Apple/Google official pointers.
What happens
Use Copilot to set up parental controls on kids' devices
Kids need safer devices and the menus are a maze. Get a plan pointing to official Screen Time or Family Link steps.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
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