Parental controls acting weird and changing randomly.

Since the iOS 16 update, my husband and I have been having trouble with the parental controls. Screen time controls are now in two locations and they don’t always match. My kids will have down time turn off sporadically. The times set for downtime are sometimes different. Has anyone else seen concerns?

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 29, 2022 8:36 PM

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Feb 17, 2023 7:17 AM in response to tiger_lady

Me too is there any solution to this yet?

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Feb 23, 2023 5:19 AM in response to bethonos

Not getting better for us. Hoping Apple sees these threads and fixes it!!!

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