Device safety

Mac & Windows PCs, locked down

Both have decent free family tools — the trick is making your kid a child account, not a second adult.

Control depth 4/5
Apple Family Sharing / Microsoft Family Safety
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start tonight

Lock it down — start tonight

Mum's free quick wins for Mac & Windows PCs. Do step 1 tonight; the rest are in the members' guide.

  1. 1
    Make the child a child user (not an admin) on the Mac or PC

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The rest of the Mac & Windows PCs lockdown

3 more quick wins — plus the full screen-by-screen walkthrough.

The full screen-by-screen walkthrough for Mac & Windows PCs lives in The Ultimate Parents Guide.

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Device Scoreboard

Every device, scored head-to-head.

See also

App Scoreboard

App-by-app honest verdicts.

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Talk to your kids

The conversation that makes the settings stick.

How to start