Parents lack effective tools to manage teen smartphone screen time
Parents of teenagers find native parental controls — particularly Apple Screen Time — too limited, easy to circumvent, and lacking nuance around what content is acceptable. The problem is widespread, intensely felt, and growing as smartphone adoption among minors increases. Existing third-party solutions are fragmented and parents actively seek better options they would pay for.
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