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Family Allowances seems to be some kind of joke
I'm looking into Family Allowances because I want to restrict my 10yo daughter from using her phone until early hours of the morning. She seems to be addicted. We take it away from her in the eve...
Just so I'm on the same page with you @rglaus, are you looking for something that'll block the devices built-in functions to be blocked? Nuestra Permiso familiar is designed to restrict the phone from using services on the network. Unfortunately, we don't have a feature that we offer if you're trying to block them from accessing the phone's internal features.
Marissa (I can't tag you)
Personalizing and Controlling Your Home Network with Xfinity xFi -- that's Comcast's options. It's built into their router. The same functionality is available in my Google WiFi router, along with many other newer routers. The logic is to start controlling screen time, which the app T-Mobile is providing can do as long as it's still properly parented. I do agree that one shouldn't 100% rely on technology to parent (even though the television was my babysitter growing up).
When it's built in to the system, it's harder to circumvent. When it's an app, kids will circumvent. It's a start, but not the best. But, with it being an app, I don't know how T-Mobile's solution is any better than the other apps out there that offer similar results.
I'm not in a position to debate the options (I'm not the target consumer), but I would have thought T-Mobile would have come up with a network-side solution before (what appears to be) re-branding a third party software-based solution (that is a one-time cost of hardware vs a monthly fee).
