A one-time setup for years of less worry

Lock down your kid's phone the right way.

A free, honest, step-by-step playbook from a security pro and a dad. Screen Time and the paid apps couldn't do it on their own. This can, a one-time setup for years of less worry.

I spent my career in security, FBI then CrowdStrike, and my own kid's phone still beat me, until I found the thing Apple doesn't put in front of parents. My story →

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Is this you?

  • ·The same exhausting fight over the phone, every single night.
  • ·Screen Time limits that never seem to stick, or that your kid just taps past.
  • ·Paid apps like Bark or Qustodio that promised control and let you down.

You're not using it wrong. Here's the technical reason it keeps failing →

An honest heads-up: this takes an afternoon, and it's not for every parent. It's for the ones who need real control and are willing to put in the time once. If that's you, the trade is clearly worth it.

Where to start

A few places to start, depending on where you are tonight.

Start hereWhy Screen Time failsThe specific, technical reason it keeps failing you, and what actually works instead.Get orientedThe 3 ways to do itThree setups, from simplest to most locked-down. Find the right one for your kid.The playbookThe step-by-stepThe exact afternoon setup that ends the nightly fight, one step at a time.

Prefer to read it all in order? See all six core guides (plus two add-ons) →

The thing nobody else will tell you

No app can actually read or track your kid's iMessages on an iPhone. So stop paying for the ones that promise they can.

I'd rather earn your trust than sell you a fantasy. Read my story →

Don't lose your place.

Get the printable checklist and I'll tell you when something changes that matters for your kid's phone.