My 13 year son keeps turning off his location, I have control of his screen time. How do I stop him doing this? I tried the ways it tells you on line, but my settings are different, thanks
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 18
Off the top…
Settings > Screen Time > [name] > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Location Services > On
Settings > Screen Time > [name] > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Don’t Allow Changes
Settings > Screen Time > [name] > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Account Changes > Don't Allow
If your child is disinclined to cooperate, your tracking efforts will fail. The iPhone could well be “lost”, “misplaced”, “left behind”, “borrowed by a friend”, “battery-depleted”, or Faraday-bagged, among various other responses.
All of parental controls and all related efforts can be bypassed, and on an allowance-scale budget.
Your child has agency.
Off the top…
Settings > Screen Time > [name] > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Location Services > On
Settings > Screen Time > [name] > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Don’t Allow Changes
Settings > Screen Time > [name] > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Account Changes > Don't Allow
If your child is disinclined to cooperate, your tracking efforts will fail. The iPhone could well be “lost”, “misplaced”, “left behind”, “borrowed by a friend”, “battery-depleted”, or Faraday-bagged, among various other responses.
All of parental controls and all related efforts can be bypassed, and on an allowance-scale budget.
Your child has agency.
ESS2509 wrote:
Mines not the same as that. I’ve blocked changes on location sharing. But that’s all I have. He said he can just turn it off
You can confirm that all settings are locked, starting with the above-mentioned settings.
Use parental controls on your child's iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
However, even given entirely correct settings against a determined adversary, you will lose this.
Mines not the same as that. I’ve blocked changes on location sharing. But that’s all I have. He said he can just turn it off
How do I stop my son disabling locations, I'm on iOS 18.5
