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Identity
Child account, family group, parent access, passcodes, and account recovery.
Free · iPhone + Android · about 10 minutes
Make the 12 decisions before you hand over the phone.
This checklist helps you prepare accounts, choose a sensible starting setup, and spot gaps before the phone becomes part of everyday life.
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What the checklist covers
The decisions most likely to cause rework later.
It intentionally stops short of device-specific menu paths. Once you know the decisions, the paid guide walks you through the current controls in the right order.
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Access
Apps, downloads, purchases, web content, communication, and location.
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Time
School-day focus, downtime, exceptions, requests, and what the child sees.
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Review
What to watch during the first month and when to consider adding freedom.
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No payment details are required. The checklist provides practical planning guidance; no device configuration can guarantee a child’s safety.
Useful on its own
Finish the checklist even if you never buy a guide.
You will leave with a clearer plan and a shorter list of unknowns. If you want the exact, device-specific configuration path afterward, choose the matching $9 guide.
Settings are only part of the setup.
The checklist also prompts you to decide what the child should do when an app, site, contact, or purchase is blocked—and when the family will review those choices together.
When you want the exact steps
Choose the guide for the phone—not a generic parental-control manual.
Each guide turns the checklist into a sequenced setup with recommendations, reasoning, current-source checks, and later review prompts.
iPhone
iPhone Setup Guide for Kids
Child Account, Family Sharing, Screen Time, downloads, purchases, web content, communication, privacy, and review.
See the $9 guideAndroidAndroid Setup Guide for Kids
Child Google Account, Family Link, apps, purchases, time, browsing, location, permissions, and device-specific checks.
See the $9 guide