How can I prevent my daughter from overriding Screen Time limits?

Hello Suzanne,

my name is Killian. Thank you for contacting apple support communities.

sorry to hear you cannot exercise the correct downtime rules you want to set for your Childs device.

what I can suggest is, can you please follow the steps below and let me know if this works:

Enable Block at Downtime

An easy setting to overlook when setting up Screen Time is toggling on ‘Block at Downtime.’

Follow the step below to enable it:

• Go to Settings>Screen Time
• Scroll to Downtime and toggle ‘Block at Downtime on’

Block at End of Limit

If your child is still using an app after the limit is reached then you need to enable Block at End of Limit. If this setting is not enabled, your child will be able to ignore the app limit suggestion- 

• Go to Settings>Screen Time>Family>Your Child’s Name. 
• Select an individual app or app category and tap NEXT. 
• Enable Block at End of Limit.

if this doesn't work, please let me know.

Thank you,

Killian.

I figured it out ! This is how you fix the “Ignore Limit “ button

Go to Downtime / ignore downtime until schedule (must be on this ) / schedule on / enter the time ( i did 7am till 11 pm ) / Block at down time (on )

this took away the option to ignore. I knew it worked because my daughter didn’t have the option and my son did. So I peiced it together with what I found here. TRY THIS ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼

There’s a setting for this. In the time limits page, there’s a toggle for “Block at the end of limit” or something like that.

Hi Suzanne,

so upon trying to find a resolution for you, its now out of scope for community members. what I suggest you do is contact apple support here, at https://support.apple.com and explain your problem(s) here.

I'm sorry to hear that none of my advice has worked for you.

thank you,

Killian.

Unfortunately, downtime isn’t the solution to bypassing app limits. My child has 30 minutes to play games. They have until 7pm to use their phone. So, they can keep hitting ignore until 7pm with this solution or I only give them 30 minutes of non-downtime for the day? Apple needs to stop allowing the ignore feature.

This may help --> Parental Controls through Screen Time for… - Apple Community

You need to go to app limits and turn on app limits to block her from extending the time on the blocked apps.

Same for me, I defined max time for various gaming apps on my kids’ iPhone; when they open the gaming apps they simply select “ignore” time limits and keep playing.

Very frustrating, and since Screen Time is not working properly I am planning to switch to Android to stop my kids’ screen addiction.

My son all the sudden has an option that says “ignore limit” then after pressing that he can “ignore limit for today.” Apple support has been no help telling me to update my and my sons iOS to the newest versions which didn’t correct the issue. This is a huge issue and concern for parents trying to limit their child from screen time. Can anyone help me fix this? I’ve done everything possible and nothing has worked.

Can you please explain this clearly?

Should I select ignore downtime? And then set schedule to be on and add times and click on for block at end of down time?

What does ignore downtime until schedule do?

I haven't noticed a difference, I was just told that my son needs to update software on his phone

Same for me. Blocked everything but she can still extend the time.

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Hi, I don’t have these options on my iPad…