Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.5

Or, don't rely on Apple to do your parenting for you?

Sounds like you don't have any kids... What is your suggestion? To sit in the room monitoring all usage while the teenager is using their device? That sounds like a non-starter... Or not letting them have a device in their possession at all? The phones are how kids communicate, both for classwork as well as socially. And what would you be teaching them to just take it away anyway? Kids need to learn how to use a phone responsibly. And let me tell you, it is no easy task getting all the parental controls set up properly in order to give kids some freedom, but curtail some of the abuses. The comment from @East_Bay_Mac was right on target.

In my opinion, as a parent with a young teenager, Apple should remove the One More Minute feature during the time limit expiration period. That feature is taken advantage of to the nth degree, and there's no way around it. It's pretty frustrating.

I never thought a post about an OS update would turn into generational warfare and live combat.

I wonder if 15.5 fixes iPhone mirroring. I love the feature, but very buggy, works half the time

4 actually. And they all turned out well. Doctor, Scientist, Teacher and Accountant, and all under 30. My parenting skills and control of smartphones, laptops, tablets and everything else all before these tools existed.

Anything else?

That's a great accomplishment. Well done. Sounds like you were highly successful parenting your children using the tools that were available to you at that time.

Why do you feel you need to put down the parents of today who are also working hard to raise their children? Clearly if a parent knows the "1 more minute" option is being abused, that indicates the parent is paying attention to how their children are using their devices. I think that is something commendable, and not something that needs a snarky insult.

Furthermore, technology has changed a LOT in the last 10+ years. The prevalence of social media has absolutely exploded. And while I'm sure you faced plenty of challenges with your kids, I hope you can acknowledge that parenting a teenager today is not the same as parenting a teenager 10-20 years ago.

Or, don't rely on Apple to do your parenting for you?

Got it. So, take his phone when it's night night time because he's an untrustworthy child. Geez, that's brilliant! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for the words of wisdom, Lee! :rolleyes:

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of posts on this very topic, so don't tell me this isn't a widespread frustration or request. This is not about relying on Apple to parent my child(ren); this is about a feature that kids find a loophole to circumvent parental controls. I trust my son to do the right thing; otherwise, he wouldn't have an iPhone to begin with. However, the One More Minute feature is an unnecessary joke.

PS - Check out all of these people who don't know how to parent their children. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253661766?sortBy=rank. It's crazy to think how many of us are terrible at this parenting thing, huh?

Sounds like you don't have any kids... What is your suggestion? To sit in the room monitoring all usage while the teenager is using their device? That sounds like a non-starter... Or not letting them have a device in their possession at all? The phones are how kids communicate, both for classwork as well as socially. And what would you be teaching them to just take it away anyway? Kids need to learn how to use a phone responsibly. And let me tell you, it is no easy task getting all the parental controls set up properly in order to give kids some freedom, but curtail some of the abuses. The comment from @East_Bay_Mac was right on target.

Thank you

I jokingly say that I have my son's iPhone locked down like some public school districts, but the reality is that these days, one needs to. This is the kind of crap parents have to deal with because of these sneaky kids: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/ways-kids-are-getting-around-parental-controls-on-apple-screen-time.