Kids can work around app blocks – Screen Time Parental Control Review

I appreciate the plan to block any and all apps on my teens’ phones, but unfortunately one of my teenagers was able to work around these blocks to her detriment. We blocked all social media and chat apps on their phones, but when they received notifications from either these apps or from text messaging, they were able to swipe that notification to view and reply regardless of whether it was outside of their time limit, past the bed blocker time, or completely blocked altogether. Furthermore, any usage of the app in this way was not recorded and reported in my daily screen time usage report. So we had no idea it was happening. My daughter was able to work around her app blocks and communicate with someone who turned out to be a predator on google hangouts for several months. Please help us keep our kids safer by tightening up security on your app.
Review by bmuse79 on Screen Time Parental Control.