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Apple's Screen Time parental controls frustrate parents over device updates

Original: I can't use Apple's new Screen Time on my daughter's iPhone because my son won't update his MacBook https://www.theverge

A parent writing for The Verge describes being unable to set up Apple's new Screen Time controls on a daughter's iPhone because a son's MacBook runs outdated software, a requirement for syncing family restrictions across devices. The piece highlights how Apple's parental control system can depend on every device in a household being up to date, a common frustration for parents managing mixed, outdated hardware. Readers are responding to the relatable hassle of family device management.

Why now: Parents dealing with Apple's latest iOS parental control requirements are finding the cross-device update demands impractical.

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