2026-08-11
As children grow, parents ask themselves when they can relax on the "parental monitoring". The "best" age for each family is subjective since children develop at different rates and each family establishes their comfort level with risk. This guide explains what happens at each step, signs that a child is ready to be more independent, which controls to release first, and how this approach fits in with tools, such as the “Google Family Link” and “Apple Screen Time” settings and the “TikTok Family Pairing” function. It also considers slowing down, rather than accelerating the transition. The idea isn't to take…
