# Parental-Self-Controls

I recently asked my wife to set up [parental-controls](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304) on my devices. And now I can't browse [HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com) or [YouTube](https://youtube.com) or [Reddit](https://reddit.com).

It sucks! And I highly recommend it.

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## Suggestions

- Don't use self-discipline -- you'll just waste energy. Set the phone up in "child mode" so that somebody you trust can enter the password when you need to access it.
- On Apple devices, time allocations are applied to _groups_ of apps. Use wisely and sparingly.
- Give yourself a tiny buffer of 5-10 minutes per day for each group of apps. Sometimes you really do need to look up tutorials on YouTube or tech support on Reddit.