Ask HN: Parental Controls You Use?

by ensemblehqon 6/11/2025, 11:08 PMwith 12 comments

Hi HN-ers,

For those of you with kids, what parental control apps/mechanisms do you use for restricting mature content, managing access, etc? Which ones have you tried and which ones work best?

by MrVandemaron 6/12/2025, 11:05 AM

Only recommendation I have is to stay the hell away from Google's parental controls. Once you've turned it on, there is no way to remove it. It is a trap, pure and simple.

by austin-cheneyon 6/12/2025, 9:36 AM

Cloudflare Family DNS and then a PiHole on top of that.

The biggest one though is not giving the kid a cellphone.

by runjakeon 6/12/2025, 11:48 PM

NextDNS.io plus the NextDNS app, and Screen Time and Restrictions on Apple platforms.

by tuga2099on 6/11/2025, 11:26 PM

nextdns.io