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Ask HN: Parental Controls You Use?

by ensemblehq on 6/11/25, 11:08 PM with 12 comments

Hi HN-ers,

For those of you with kids, what parental control apps/mechanisms do you use for restricting mature content, managing access, etc? Which ones have you tried and which ones work best?

  • by MrVandemar on 6/12/25, 11:05 AM

    Only recommendation I have is to stay the hell away from Google's parental controls. Once you've turned it on, there is no way to remove it. It is a trap, pure and simple.

  • by austin-cheney on 6/12/25, 9:36 AM

    Cloudflare Family DNS and then a PiHole on top of that.

    The biggest one though is not giving the kid a cellphone.

  • by runjake on 6/12/25, 11:48 PM

    NextDNS.io plus the NextDNS app, and Screen Time and Restrictions on Apple platforms.

  • by tuga2099 on 6/11/25, 11:26 PM

    nextdns.io