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Family Tech’s complete, plain-English guide to Apple’s newest child safety features, announced at WWDC 2026.

TL;DR: Apple just rebuilt parental controls from the ground up. There’s a brand new “ask to browse” feature for websites, contact approval so strangers can’t message your kid, an expanded communication safety filter that now blocks ...


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So, your kid is officially a teenager now.

You know exactly what that means: the parental controls that used to work flawlessly are suddenly useless. Your teen is fighting you on every single restriction; they’ve probably discovered at least three workarounds you didn’t know existed, and phone time has turned into a daily household battle.

If you are exha...


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Think about your nightly routine before bed. You double-check the front door lock, rattle the back door handle, and make sure the garage is completely shut down. Why? Because keeping your family safe is instinctive.

But while you’re checking those physical deadbolts, are you checking your digital ones?

Recently, a neighbor posted a securi...


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For years, we’ve focused on how to safely step our kids into the digital world—metering out screen time, setting up parental controls, and teaching them how to browse safely. But many of us today find ourselves in the sandwich generation, simultaneously managing our kids’ digital habits while realizing our aging parents need some tech guardrails, too.

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I remember the days of 24-hour photo huts. You’d hand over that little plastic canister, cross your fingers, and pray that at least two of the 24 photos turned out clear.

Today, we have the opposite problem. We take thousands of photos and videos, instantly swipe them away into digital storage, and comfortably assume they’ll be there forever.

But...


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