Need for option to disable “one more minute“ in screen time limits, kids are able to continue using apps that are limited, what’s the use of screen time limits if they can continuously use one more minute? should be able to turn that off in screen time settings
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I went through (rather quickly) ALL of the posts and nobody said anything about what I'm going to say:
Go to:
1) Settings
2) Screen Time
3) (child account)
4) Downtime
5) type in your code
6) Set a schedule and at the bottom, click "Block at Downtime"
This will ensure that your child cannot ask for more time
You can also go to:
1) Settings
2) Screen Time
3) (child account)
4) App Limits
5) Add Limit
6) Select ALL (or certain apps) you'd like to limit
7) Tap Next
8) Set the Time Limit
9) Make sure "Black at End of Limit" is selected
10) Click Add
This will ensure that your child cannot ask for more time.
Hopefully this helps.
My kids are using "one more minute" on all their apps over and over to get hours and hours of screentime every day. That's how persistent kids are (and how addictive screentime is for them). I'm sure my family is not alone in this struggle.. I'm so glad to hear that Android phone makers listened to parents and fixed this major hole in their screentime controls app!!! ....It's too bad that Apple doesn't care what parents want because I like Apple but not enough to overlook this one... I am shopping for Android phones now for my kiddos after realizing that Apple refuses to provide this easy fix. Kids need to study, get chores done and do other things and parents should be allowed to choose this. "Take the phone away" is not an option for teens. Anyone have a good recommendation for a teen-friendly Android for us? Heck maybe the whole family will switch, including Granny.
How odd. My Daughters phone has had ios17 since its launch and she sat next to me yesterday and ‘one-more-minuted’ in order to show me something.
Her school mandates MS Surface products for work (which I was against) but I must say the parental controls are excellent (with no one-more-minute). Hmmm
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My teen is bypassing app limits by pressing one more minute continuously. It’s a nuisance that they are willing to accept to continue on their device. How do you defeat this child defeat method. It is more of a worse behavior than if they were to be allowed to continue using the device unbothered. Help Apple!!!
Because the problem isn’t her having the phone, it’s the parental control being defeated by the child. A control that is represented to the parent as a level of control as well as an expectation that one more minute is just one more minute.
The one more minute feature completely undermines parent controls. My kids discovered you use it then switch off phone and no limits at all. So fed up with trying to find ways to control this. So much easier if apple just listened to parents rather than their wallet and removed feature. Different make of phone next time?
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The one more minute is driving me crazy. 15 and 13 year olds happy to do this for hours!! Any hacks or solutions please??
This is unacceptable!!!
My 9 yo did this for 45 minutes til i got up from bed to check on him. Very inconvenient. I think screentime should not be an option offered if it isnt going to work as expected.
this is ridiculous!
are there still no solution to this problem??
I give 10 minutes but she is using 5h 41m in average!!!!
i hope Apple can fix this asap
I find the best technical solution is to use an alternative device such as an android which allows full block at time limits. Hope this helps.
if I get an android for my child to get around this problem, can I still control the time limit from my apple?
This information is very important. Will reconsider my choice.
I agree, this isn't an oversight, this is brilliant UX developers keeping our kids locked in
How to Disable "one more minute" screen time limit on iPhone?
