The 4th graders at my daughter’s school had IM and mail disabled, so they have been communicating over a google doc all summer. Didn’t realize this is what professional spies did as well: https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1295777840915517440

In related news, we have come to realize that we need to improve our operations security at home. The kids are getting very resourceful at evading “Screen Time” limits.

Since @jassmith87 asked. First they started by figuring out the password. No problem, you just have to be careful to enter it without them noticing.

Second they have developed a trick where they tell mom “dad said you can give us the iPads now” full of confidence and they get their devices - this happened today again.

Third, when they run out of time they ask Laura for “can I use your phone to lookup a roblox song?” (Which is a thing they do) and instead they send a Screen Time request that they self-approve.

Last one, they figured out how to turn off “block at end of time” and switch it to a warning. This can only be executed if you enter the password, so this relies on a whining denial of service by another kid to execute.

This one is specially difficult to spot as I didn’t even know this was an option- no idea how they found they could do it that way. And I had to google for a while “why does screen time not work” until I found what was going on. A sample: