An iPad® or iPhone® offers great ways for your child to connect with friends, do homework, and enjoy entertainment. Apple® devices are simple for kids to operate and provide great benefits. Here's how to ensure your children use their devices safely and appropriately.

3 Ways to Keep Your Child's Apple® Devices Safe

1. Limit Functionality

As a parent, you are responsible for controlling your child's access to functions on their Apple devices. For their protection, you should not allow them access to functions that add or remove apps and activate certain features. Go to the Restrictions section and check all the boxes. 

By disabling everything, including iTunes, Siri access, FaceTime, and camera functionality, you keep them safe from exposure to individuals who might try to harm or deceive them. If your kids want to access any disabled feature, they must ask you to allow it on a temporary need-to-use basis. 

2. Control Use Time 

You want to protect your child from using their Apple devices too long each day without dealing with temper tantrums or angry outbursts. Beginning with Apple iOS 8, you can use the Guided Access to set the Time Limit feature. This function lets you program a time when the screen will go off. The built-in little gnome will go to sleep, and you can put your kids to bed.   

3. Keep Your Activity Separate 

If you and your child share Apple devices, keeping your work and entertainment materials apart from theirs protects you both. You don't want them to alter your important project, or send a text or tweet from your friends to theirs. 

Take extra precautions to ensure your kids cannot view mature material you might have on your iPhone or iPad. The better approach is to give your child their own device, because once they start using yours, they won't want to give it back.

To keep your children's iPhones and iPads safe and working well, get help from the professionals at Experimax Middleton in Massachusetts. Their knowledgeable staff provides excellent support and repair for Apple devices owned by individuals in Middleton, Danvers, Peabody, North Reading, and the surrounding areas. They replace parts and sell refurbished Apple products, including MacBook® laptops and iMac® computers. For more about their services, visit their website. Call (978) 304-0134 to get a free quote today.