Screen Time shows "Ignore Limit" on child's iPhone

I think I found the solution to the ignore limits so if you are using the same password on your phone and your child phone when you set up the family sharing account on your child’s phone that might be your issue because the child’s phone is atomaticly igniring the limits because the password is already there for them to be able to do so. So to solve this issue under family sharing change the password for the limits that you set up and when your child presses ignore limits her or she would need the new password to do so.

If you are using the same password on your device and your child’s device this will happen because the ignore limits already has the password stored on your child’s phone so to fix this you will need to change the password for the limits on your phone and when your child trys to ignore the limits it will prompt to enter the new password or will need a parents approval

Probably not justvthat. For messages probably. I have the same issue. Sometimes she is blocked and has to request more time but other times it does nothing. I actually put the limit in as she was watching something beside me and nothing happened. Diwn time came and went nothing. I did adjust all the settings so she has access only to phone messages and kindle.

Downtime seems pretty useless when my daughter can simply just adjust the Date/time on the iPhone to be within the right time to continue to play... perhaps Apple need to offer an option to restrict the ability of changing Date/Time.

fundamental flaw

Guys please, when you set up the time limit for your kid,

settings-screen time-name of the kid-app limit - (code) - add a limit

when you set up a new limit or edit a pre existing one remember to turn on (green) the option:

Block at End of Limit

my suggestion is to remove all the limit you already set up and do it again clicking block at the end of limit

in my case it worker

I believe I’ve figured out the issue (at least what the issue was for me). I set the parental controls on my phone, and it seemed like it sort of worked but as others have reported, at times my kids seemed to be allowed to select “ignore”. After some major frustration with this feature, and a lot of digging it appears that my wife’s device and my device had different setting for our children’s limits. While mine was set to “Block at downtime”, hers was not (at least not for both children). Once we both made sure we saw “Block at downtime” activated it seems to be working correctly.

For sure seems like a bug that both “parents” could have different settings, but might at least be worth looking into if you are experiencing the same issue.

You can go under screen time in settings and under app limits there should be an option to require password at all times when limit expires

Same problem here. If anyone gets this sorted please post.

Doug, please reply if they fix your issue. Same thing is happening to my kids phones. Block at downtime is selected but they can ignore it. It used to have them request more time.

Hello, have you read what I wrote that worked for me?

I noticed this too. The ‘per app toggle’ was added recently, which resolved the issue I was having.

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Same issue here kids are able to ignore the limits which defeats the purpose of having time limits on phone

In the phone setting, family sharing, screen time you click your child’s name and scroll down to change screen time password

My phone says ¨ignore limit¨ if i press it will my parents get a notification?