That's a parenting issue. Your kid should have the self control to understand and set limits. In my house, my kids set kitchen timers.

Unless you are arguing that the feature should be removed from iOS and macOS devices, it is entirely a technical issue. Me preferring to use an Android device rather than an iPhone is not a parenting issue.

Possible in the apple ecosystem. If the kids are part of a "familly", you can monitor / control using Parental Controls accessed from your iPhone > Settings > Screen Time.

Also checkout firewalla https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008214094-Ac...

It sounds like the gp’s objection might be that they’d like for their children to use iPhone and its parental controls, but they themselves would prefer to use other platforms to manage the supervision features. As far as I know, you do in fact have to be within the apple ecosystem to manage the ScreenTime features as you suggest.

Firewalla looks really thoughtfully designed! I’m glad to be aware of it.

I actually have Firewalla (it's great!). But it's only helpful when a kid's phone is connected to the network itself (which they can escape easily by disconnecting from wifi). The native stuff works on all networks.

I’ve been assessing this. Is it possible to MDM-install a VPN to the home network so the same policies are enforced?

I’ve always thought their implementation of this is pretty poor. Lots of granular options but it’s difficult to cover all bases.