Family Sharing -- Do I have to hide things even to myself?!

I switched to Family Sharing - I am the Family owner, and have one child. In order to not share my PG-13 or R rated videos (or books or TV shows) with my child though, I hid pretty much everything besides disney. The problem though is that now my iPad, my Apple TV, and my cell phone all ONLY have the disney. I am the adult of the family and was trying to hide these movies and books and TV shows from my kid, not me too!!! This seems like such a ridiculous error on Apple's part!! I can't pick out a movie on my apple tv without going to my laptop, then searching through all of my purchases --> hidden --> then unhiding the purchase (so technically while I'm watching the movie the kids could see it) --> then selecting it on the apple tv --> then watching it --> then going back to my laptop to unhide it. This makes NO sense. It would make a lot more sense to be able to click on a movie and select who in the family should not be allowed to see it in their sharing. (Example: the most common family that is made up of adults, and then 2+ kids spaced 2-5 years apart. In this example, you might let your 10 year old son watch PG13 movies, but not your 5 year old daughter, and iTunes Family Sharing should give you the "preferences" and "settings" to make this happen.) This seems so basic.


What's the deal?! Does anyone have more knowledge as to why this isn't possible?! Or a workaround?! This has honestly had me on a two-week freeze of buying any apple content because I am researching if there is another better possibility out there. I am just crossing my fingers they will fix it because I have purchased thousands of dollars of content already!

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Posted on Apr 18, 2016 7:49 PM

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Apr 18, 2016 8:02 PM in response to aliscott

This is an excerpt from the Family Sharing support article from Apple:


Manage your child's account

Children enjoy the same Family Sharing features as other family members and, by default, can access the same music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps. You can limit what content your child can access on the devices they use by setting Restrictions on an iOS device or Parental Controls on OS X and iTunes. Ask to Buy is enabled by default for children under 13.* If you don't want to use Ask to Buy, you can turn it off:


Click on the link to see what your options are under Restrictions on the child's device.


Best of luck,


GB

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