As a father I want to say this is very helpful I'm about to give my seven-year-old my old cell phone so we can have contact since his mother's not allowing us to speak this helps me Safeguard him as much as I can this is been really helpful
Question/ FYI..Sorry for the long Comment - But advice or thoughts welcome....I also have worked in IT for over 20 yrs...But i am on the server side and more so the Auth & Security end of it, so i don't get to dabble much in the user-end gadgets and some admins might..going forward...I just setup 2 A42 5g's androids for my twins on my Galaxy s9...I found that Google seems to no longer have that Family Link companion for kids app. It seems to me that they have pulled back the need for a companion app because its not available anywhere in the play store..That said, i pushed forward with just installed the app on the parent/management phone and plugged in the GMail accounts and gave the proper authentications, and was able to setup the family group and manage those 2 phones just fine. ALTHOUGH i DID see an application icon called Parental controls that had a white background with a blue outline of a kit! When you click on it, it will launch the "parental controls screen" where the phone user can see App activity, Daily and Bedtime limits, signed in devices, location sharing, usage-screen of that phone under family link" with the notation at the bottom that Parent manager can see all this information on family link. BUT, whats "scary" is that in the upper right hand corner if you click on ellipsis there is an option to "STOP Supervision" When click on it takes you to a Remove account screen saying "Remove Account?" with a long explanation of what removing the account is going to do and to make sure to reset the phone when done 😲The screen sat there and spun saying parent is removing account!! It would NOT let me back out of the operation..so i quickly closed all apps, then went to device care - memory and closed all apps as fast as i could...checking phone and family app, i did NOT lose the account ...Wheeew........SO....Take away - no more companion app needed.....Question - 1.) Have you found a reason WHY that Parental control app even on the phone? It can't be removed nor stopped from launching and allows a dangerous feature.. 2.) Family Link app seems to stall and spin on white screen and not open.. only works again after running device care on memory...so...If I uninstall it, have you noticed any issues with re-installs and re-configuring Family group if its already been done once before on the same phones? Please tell me i won;t have to hard rest anything...Thanks a bunch for reading and hope you answer.
I've got it all set up and it seems to be working great, BUT I need to do something on their tablets, and it's not letting me because of the parental controls. There's no option to ask permission or anything. Is there a way to temporarily disable parental controls, then reenable it once I've installed the program I need?
Also...Have you ever reviewed or used "My Mobile Watchdog"? I'd like to see how that stacks up to the others you have used. I have been told, that like BARK it gives you ability to see all texts, web sites, app usage and you can control mobile data (turn on off,etc..), But i was told it does it all in real time..thanks again
We followed the instructions on how to setup parental controls on an android except that we weren't able to download Bark. It says that Bark is not in the google play store since google doesn't allow any apps that monitor children's text. Any recommendations please?
Hi, Just found your channel as we are looking to set up an Android phone for our kids. Yes, you did offer Google solution, but I want to DE-google the phone. (or less google is better) Is there a way to lock Wifi in OFF position thru a non google product or being an administrator? Thanks.
Hi, parental controls is missing from my child's S9plus, any help please, I cannot add her device to track however on both devices it shows I am the manager and child is supervised account.
Is there a way to disable incognito mode for free across all browsers? That's all I need. It seems like it should be a simple thing and built in to android or the browser. But I haven't found anything good for that.
First off... you are a godsend for a tech challenged parent like myself. 2nd... I'm trying to set up my child's phone and seem to be having issues between Bark and Verizon smart family. When I connected Bark it disconnected smart family. When I reconnect smart family it disconnects the Bark. I assume this is because both require VPN's... so can you explain exactly how these 2 work together for you? If I connect to the smart family and it disconnects from the Bark VPN will it still monitor and send alerts or not? Thanks. I'm 3 days into trying to set this up already. 🤦♀️
Is there anything where they will never have internet access? How about in messages, it allows messages but no photos and NO videos? So it wont allow them to send RUclips links to vids.
I have bark and google family link but my child is still finding a way around them. He needs his phone for medical reasons but I don’t want him able to access anything inappropriate. How can I keep him from changing settings and watching things he’s not supposed to online? BTW he is 13 so he can just turn off parental controls when he’s not at home and I can’t do anything about it.
Why would you not work to foster the independence of your child? They can become more independent with your guidance, or they can become independent to spite your control, the choice is yours
Hi, can someone help/assist me with setting up Family Link: somehow, my son (13 yo) is 'Family Manager'.... I can't seem to change these privileges in his account... also, when in playstore, i can't find the Family Link app for kids (with 2 kites)... anyone else having these issues?
My daughter just got the bark phone. But it will not let me add apps for games. It wants me to set her up a google account but then it refuses to let the family link thing work. I’m technologically challenged apparently.. does bark have a customer service phone number for help?
Thank you for this content. My son has an iPhone but I am thinking (based on your suggestion) of switching him to an android phone and implementing the controls and monitoring you mention. However, he also has an iPad - what can I do (other than taking away his access to that entirely) to remove any inappropriate apps and control/monitor it? Is there a “gap” created by having a mix of android phone and iPad tablet? Thank you!
If you have an iPhone to control the iPad and android, it's fine. But android devices cannot control iOS devices, so you would have a gap there if you have an android.
@@FamilyTech I do have an iPhone as my personal phone. Can you please point me to how best to use it for controlling/monitoring the iPad? Thank you again for the great content and response!
I love the iPhone. You can set up all these controls directly from the phone. No Google is needed... one of my kids has an android by choice and it is harder to monitor
Dude.....my younger sisters name, she married now so it's different but I'm searching for parental controls for purchasing minecraft pe with my phone and sharing it to gfs kids tablets so they can do a system link type connection with each others tablets using the home wifi local area network (lan) I think it will work I got no idea my older brother is more technical but lives in another state so keep kids safe on home wifi network instead of the web and keep them out of my phone and bank card and be able to disconnect any child from the Lan shared world if they are being mean to siblings give them a time out from the group but still have them able to play a solo world on their tablet for a time out period no clue if that would reduce them fighting but its an idea. So on to watch the first video about this topic. My sis has little ones so she might watch this as well.
I'm having difficulty installing Bark Premium It is asking if I have my child's phone handy. After I scan the QR code asking my kid's phone to download Bark s google pop-up says that I don't have IT permission to install app. I turned of everything Family link and Boomerang kinda stumped. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Question. How can you prevent your kid from hard resetting the phone? I was going to buy a pinwheel phone that works with Verizon but they raised the prices way too much.
Hello! I am trying to set up an android device based on your recommendations and am struggling to get Boomerang setup after I set up Google Family Link. I can get through the setup until it says that I need to enable App Blocking for Boomerang in the settings of the phone. Can’t seem to find this setting anywhere and my “ask the web” attempts have been futile. Thank you!
Yes. I downloaded right from the site based on instructions for getting the correct download. I click on the app on child’s phone and it begins walking me though. However, it will not take me past one setting, even though Boomerang is toggled “on” for that setting.
@@FamilyTech can you block phone calls/texts From numbers not programmed? Is there a setting that prevents them from programming phone numbers? Can you keep apps from being deleted?
How can we add more devices to control. For example, I have four children and each one has a mobile phone. What should I do to control 4 devices at once? Please guide me.
So my 12 year old son got a phone for Christmas and has already downloaded some apps and has created a Gmail account. In fact he has a few Gmail accounts with different names that I keep finding out about. But my question is do I just use the one that he created that I know about for the family parent link? And how can I monitor the other Gmail accounts?
If you set up Google Family Link and log into the phone with that account, it will not allow the child to login to any other Google accounts. One exception is a school account, but it requires your approval to login to the school account
As a father I want to say this is very helpful I'm about to give my seven-year-old my old cell phone so we can have contact since his mother's not allowing us to speak this helps me Safeguard him as much as I can this is been really helpful
Let the fucking kid servive
How is the phone working out ? Currently trying to get my 7 year old a phone as well. Picking good apps that work together has been tough
Did you set him up a email or anything?
Google needs to make this available to parents who are legal guardians of adult children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Question/ FYI..Sorry for the long Comment - But advice or thoughts welcome....I also have worked in IT for over 20 yrs...But i am on the server side and more so the Auth & Security end of it, so i don't get to dabble much in the user-end gadgets and some admins might..going forward...I just setup 2 A42 5g's androids for my twins on my Galaxy s9...I found that Google seems to no longer have that Family Link companion for kids app. It seems to me that they have pulled back the need for a companion app because its not available anywhere in the play store..That said, i pushed forward with just installed the app on the parent/management phone and plugged in the GMail accounts and gave the proper authentications, and was able to setup the family group and manage those 2 phones just fine. ALTHOUGH i DID see an application icon called Parental controls that had a white background with a blue outline of a kit! When you click on it, it will launch the "parental controls screen" where the phone user can see App activity, Daily and Bedtime limits, signed in devices, location sharing, usage-screen of that phone under family link" with the notation at the bottom that Parent manager can see all this information on family link. BUT, whats "scary" is that in the upper right hand corner if you click on ellipsis there is an option to "STOP Supervision" When click on it takes you to a Remove account screen saying "Remove Account?" with a long explanation of what removing the account is going to do and to make sure to reset the phone when done 😲The screen sat there and spun saying parent is removing account!! It would NOT let me back out of the operation..so i quickly closed all apps, then went to device care - memory and closed all apps as fast as i could...checking phone and family app, i did NOT lose the account ...Wheeew........SO....Take away - no more companion app needed.....Question - 1.) Have you found a reason WHY that Parental control app even on the phone? It can't be removed nor stopped from launching and allows a dangerous feature.. 2.) Family Link app seems to stall and spin on white screen and not open.. only works again after running device care on memory...so...If I uninstall it, have you noticed any issues with re-installs and re-configuring Family group if its already been done once before on the same phones? Please tell me i won;t have to hard rest anything...Thanks a bunch for reading and hope you answer.
I am having such trouble trying to set up the location in family link because my son doesn't have a school account. What can I Do?!
it appears that google no longer has family link for kids. can you help me with this?
Did you ever figure this out? I also am getting the same message when looking for google family link for kids.
I've got it all set up and it seems to be working great, BUT I need to do something on their tablets, and it's not letting me because of the parental controls. There's no option to ask permission or anything. Is there a way to temporarily disable parental controls, then reenable it once I've installed the program I need?
Also...Have you ever reviewed or used "My Mobile Watchdog"? I'd like to see how that stacks up to the others you have used. I have been told, that like BARK it gives you ability to see all texts, web sites, app usage and you can control mobile data (turn on off,etc..), But i was told it does it all in real time..thanks again
I hate family link
We followed the instructions on how to setup parental controls on an android except that we weren't able to download Bark. It says that Bark is not in the google play store since google doesn't allow any apps that monitor children's text. Any recommendations please?
I am running into this as well. frustrating.
Hi, Just found your channel as we are looking to set up an Android phone for our kids. Yes, you did offer Google solution, but I want to DE-google the phone. (or less google is better) Is there a way to lock Wifi in OFF position thru a non google product or being an administrator? Thanks.
Hi, parental controls is missing from my child's S9plus, any help please, I cannot add her device to track however on both devices it shows I am the manager and child is supervised account.
What about all the Internet browsers?! That's where they can access the creepiest stuff. How do we block or limit that?
Just don't allow them to install other browsers. If you control what they install, it's very easy to prevent access to that.
@Family Tech What browsers do you allow?
@@TruthFirst005 for Android devices, Chrome, for Windows, Edge, and apple, safari. Only the built in browser can be controlled by builtin controls.
@Family Tech Great, thank you! What about Duck Duck Go?
Is there a way to disable incognito mode for free across all browsers? That's all I need. It seems like it should be a simple thing and built in to android or the browser. But I haven't found anything good for that.
First off... you are a godsend for a tech challenged parent like myself. 2nd... I'm trying to set up my child's phone and seem to be having issues between Bark and Verizon smart family. When I connected Bark it disconnected smart family. When I reconnect smart family it disconnects the Bark. I assume this is because both require VPN's... so can you explain exactly how these 2 work together for you? If I connect to the smart family and it disconnects from the Bark VPN will it still monitor and send alerts or not? Thanks. I'm 3 days into trying to set this up already. 🤦♀️
My son father block the location track how that could be possible?
How about a 6 year old toddler? would it work for him as well? I'm so worried about his screen time we're literally suffering.
6 isn’t a toddler.
How do I use parental controls for myself
Lmao
How can I protect huawei devices as they don't have Google services
Do you still use boomerang?
So frustrating, I can't get all three to work together. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Is there anything where they will never have internet access? How about in messages, it allows messages but no photos and NO videos? So it wont allow them to send RUclips links to vids.
What happen if the kid open another Google account?
Exactly what I was looking for. Concise and covered everything that I didn’t know that I needed to know. Thank you!
your Bark discount link isn't working for me
I use this app for my sons phone but it keeps unlocking. Unless something happened when he turned 13
I have bark and google family link but my child is still finding a way around them. He needs his phone for medical reasons but I don’t want him able to access anything inappropriate. How can I keep him from changing settings and watching things he’s not supposed to online? BTW he is 13 so he can just turn off parental controls when he’s not at home and I can’t do anything about it.
Maybe have the talk with him and turn it off. I’m sorry but you aren’t protecting him. Your making him more secretive
Why would you not work to foster the independence of your child? They can become more independent with your guidance, or they can become independent to spite your control, the choice is yours
Um yes parental control does infact work
How do you add bonus time?
Hi, can someone help/assist me with setting up Family Link: somehow, my son (13 yo) is 'Family Manager'.... I can't seem to change these privileges in his account... also, when in playstore, i can't find the Family Link app for kids (with 2 kites)... anyone else having these issues?
My daughter just got the bark phone. But it will not let me add apps for games. It wants me to set her up a google account but then it refuses to let the family link thing work. I’m technologically challenged apparently.. does bark have a customer service phone number for help?
Thank you for this content. My son has an iPhone but I am thinking (based on your suggestion) of switching him to an android phone and implementing the controls and monitoring you mention. However, he also has an iPad - what can I do (other than taking away his access to that entirely) to remove any inappropriate apps and control/monitor it? Is there a “gap” created by having a mix of android phone and iPad tablet? Thank you!
If you have an iPhone to control the iPad and android, it's fine. But android devices cannot control iOS devices, so you would have a gap there if you have an android.
@@FamilyTech I do have an iPhone as my personal phone. Can you please point me to how best to use it for controlling/monitoring the iPad? Thank you again for the great content and response!
I love the iPhone. You can set up all these controls directly from the phone. No Google is needed... one of my kids has an android by choice and it is harder to monitor
Dude.....my younger sisters name, she married now so it's different but I'm searching for parental controls for purchasing minecraft pe with my phone and sharing it to gfs kids tablets so they can do a system link type connection with each others tablets using the home wifi local area network (lan) I think it will work I got no idea my older brother is more technical but lives in another state so keep kids safe on home wifi network instead of the web and keep them out of my phone and bank card and be able to disconnect any child from the Lan shared world if they are being mean to siblings give them a time out from the group but still have them able to play a solo world on their tablet for a time out period no clue if that would reduce them fighting but its an idea. So on to watch the first video about this topic. My sis has little ones so she might watch this as well.
How do you set up a web filtering/ management system on a child's laptop? Most of your videos are for phones but not laptops.
I'm having difficulty installing Bark Premium It is asking if I have my child's phone handy. After I scan the QR code asking my kid's phone to download Bark s google pop-up says that I don't have IT permission to install app. I turned of everything Family link and Boomerang kinda stumped. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Did you figure this out?
It’s not possible to create a google account for a kid under 13 yo.
You don't know how much pain you give
When I have a nine year old watching raunchy videos, it's a problem. Cry me a river, kid.
couldn't you just setup their google account as under 12 and keep it that way? Why put in the age if it's over 13?
i am doing this to my own ipad as my phone parent and ipad child incase my ipad gets stolenbecause my ipad is very likeky to get stolen.
i can just disable it.
Question. How can you prevent your kid from hard resetting the phone? I was going to buy a pinwheel phone that works with Verizon but they raised the prices way too much.
Boomerang Parental Controls can actually prevent some of that on Samsung devices
@@FamilyTechHard Resets run outside of android, so it is hard to stop them.
Android phones are fairly easy to hard reset if they know their stuff
Hello! I am trying to set up an android device based on your recommendations and am struggling to get Boomerang setup after I set up Google Family Link. I can get through the setup until it says that I need to enable App Blocking for Boomerang in the settings of the phone. Can’t seem to find this setting anywhere and my “ask the web” attempts have been futile. Thank you!
It should just bring you to the settings it needs. Did you download the latest Boomerang app from their website?
Yes. I downloaded right from the site based on instructions for getting the correct download. I click on the app on child’s phone and it begins walking me though. However, it will not take me past one setting, even though Boomerang is toggled “on” for that setting.
Kim I know it's a late reply but I think I know the solution
I watching this just for entertanmet
Can you prevent them from deleting boomerang?
On another video u mentioned that android device is better for parental controls than iOS correct?!
Absolutely correct
@@FamilyTech can you block phone calls/texts
From numbers not programmed? Is there a setting that prevents them from programming phone numbers? Can you keep apps from being deleted?
@@crystalgarcia1739 you can on both platforms but you would have to do it differently on each.
Si if they are 14 years old we just let them do whatever they want with the device 😮😮😮😮
How can we add more devices to control. For example, I have four children and each one has a mobile phone. What should I do to control 4 devices at once?
Please guide me.
As each device signs in with the child's Google Family Link account they will be added to your GFL app.
would you give us one demonstration of it in your videos on RUclips? It will help many parents 👨👩👧👦
I hate this app my mom is gonna put it on my phone😢😢😢😢
Lol we kids have hacks parental control do nothing lol lol lol lol
Super true
Thats when we take the phone off you lol lol lol
Alright old grandma lol
Alr old grandma
Alr old grandma
FAMILY LINK RUINED MY LIFE
Once again another "how to setup" video without actually telling you how to setup anything other than "make your child an account".
So my 12 year old son got a phone for Christmas and has already downloaded some apps and has created a Gmail account.
In fact he has a few Gmail accounts with different names that I keep finding out about.
But my question is do I just use the one that he created that I know about for the family parent link? And how can I monitor the other Gmail accounts?
If you set up Google Family Link and log into the phone with that account, it will not allow the child to login to any other Google accounts. One exception is a school account, but it requires your approval to login to the school account
@@FamilyTech oh ok that's good to know. So I'm setting up Google family link on my phone right?
Bla bla no action
really bad explanation
you talk to much
Do you have a Canadian version for this topic,,,🥹🙏
if you use these things you have utterly failed as a parent
Your comment matches your profile picture. I bet you would allow your child to get butchered with sex change operations at a young age.
@@zubairhussain7866 You are literally being a bigot. Trans men are men. Trans women are women.