Hi all,

I’m getting a pc for my daughter. I’ll install Fedora KDE Spin. I’m looking for a parental control solution that also integrates with her Android phone. I’m currently using Google’s Family Link which while not great it offers enough. I’d be happy to move to any other solution that can count both device’s usage screen time as one so she doesn’t use up her phone and then move to the PC.

Any cool recommendations?

  • Bruno Finger@lemm.eeOP
    5·
    2 months ago

    My daughter has ADHD and if we don’t limit her screen time she can literally spend the whole day sitting and watching Minecraft videos, and then later she gets very grumpy, so yeah while I absolutely hate having to do it, it’s more for her own health than content exposure (not blocking websites and app installation other than by age recommendation).

    • snowadv@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      Oh, sorry, that sounds totally understandable - I wish my best to both you and her!

      And don’t see anything wrong with that either way - was just interested how common it is

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      I wonder if maybe some kind of notification system for her, and you, would be useful (in addition to blocking).

      Then maybe you can interrupt her, perhaps talk about it, or setup some tools for her to use to help manage stuff and learn along the way.

      Guess what I’m going for is the learning/growth angle, rather than just automatic constraints (which hy themselves don’t teach or help us learn to manage this stuff ourselves).

      Seems like there’s a need for all this for all kids, not just neuro-atypical.