How to set up Google Family Link | Step-by-step tutorial to protecting your kids online (2022)

This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Google Family Link, a FREE parental control app. As your kids are getting more exposed online, you as a parent also need to understand how to use the right tools to monitor and protect them.
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[@damoneimad4217]

After trying to set up Family Link, my mental health is now in the toilet. I'm done.

[@michaelcribbs5435]

It is not like this. It does not give the options you are showing

[@CarexBearxx]

Please help!!! I have an android phone, and my son is moving from android to iphone, and we are wanting to continue using family link! I have downloaded the app on his new iphone but it says it is a parent app and for me to log in, if i do that it just puts it as me, and my app to control. I need to know how to get the iphone registered as my childs device, to control it from my android! Losing my mind here! PLEASE HELP!

[@dronesvideos]

hey there, did u got your answer?

[@lorenzoalfredo6923]

i tried to do this but not working, it just loading Also when signing-up acc for my child, there's an error of "cant supervise account blabla". Found the same error online but still cant get it to work😢

[@mariparacad1732]

is it compatible if the parent uses an Android phone and the kid uses an iPad?

[@rtab2007]

Can family link monitor iPhone?

[@erikmendoza2900]

none of this makes sense. there's no "parental control" app when I get on my child's phone or in the app store . Please make an updated video.

[@dohcivichatch]

Same thing i noticed. The app icon on the child's phone isnt the same as the one on the parents phone. You cant just go to google and find the parental controls. I havent found one video that shows what i'm seeing on my phones.

[@Linkedblade]

You have to follow the directions. Do what it says at 1:56 in the video. On the kids phone go to settings > Google > parental controls. That will enable the parental controls app on the child's device.

[@lorenzoalfredo6923]

​@@Linkedbladei tried to do this but not working, it just loading Also when signing-up acc for my child, there's an error of "cant supervise account blabla". Found the same error online but still cant get it to work

[@erikmendoza2900]

@@Linkedblade we have iPhones. Last I checked it didn’t work on iPhones. Do you know if it will work now?

[@EduMiguel16]

can parents see each other stuff? or only the child?

[@michaelberman4749]

That is not the first thing you see when you install and open it. It just shows Sign In, but doesn't tell you which account to use,

[@Felowthefox_duck]

So if anyone is here bc of their account is underage and is gonna get deleted like mine here's my way of doing it when you can't even access your account to do it: 1.Search google help and click onto the first option 2. Keep scrolling then select the 'can't access your account?' 3. Log in into your disabled account 4. When it say 'If you forgot you password, please update it immediately' (Idk is it what it will say bc mine is in a different language) click continue 5.Click onto the confirm your age option, click no and it should tell you to tell them their age 6.It should say the same thing but there will be an option to use parental control Hope this help and goodluck!!!

[@abiodunpriscillaalebiosu6797]

How can I link their laptops too please?

[@PetuhGriffin]

How do I let my child download apps on the internet i tried to allow access on the app but it dosent work

[@michaelcribbs5435]

Why doesn’t mine give me the child or parent option

[@joyaghogho7139]

WHERE CAN I GET THE PARENTAL CONTROL

[@um924]

FR

[@Leggobeest7107]

I cant find it in my sons phone either and i did set up family link on his computer before

[@mariparacad1732]

same here

[@chadkendall7151]

I have this setup on my kids phone. How do I approve a new app request? This was a very nice feature that used to be easy to bring up. Now my kids new devices for Christmas, and I can't find where Google hid this feature.

[@chadkendall7151]

FOUND IT! You have to go into google play, tap on your icon, go into settings then family then app approval requests. This info was incredibly hard to find.

[@alextoellner3287]

dont do this to your child, it can have serious consequences on their mental health... It can even push them to commit suicide because of how bad controlling your child is.

[@nickluther4423]

@@alextoellner3287 Tell me you're a child without telling me you're a child.

[@soen27]

somehow, my child has made himself (using his google account) in his own google account family manager... how do i remove this from his account ??? because he's already a family manager i can't add him as a child... can anyone help me solve this?

[@SimonBaynes]

He must have lied about his age. You need to resolve that part of his account first.

[@anutuafelli3849]

How is done on laptop

[@bribri7215]

I'm the one who manages the devices But for some reason I am blocked by parental controls from downloading certain apps off the playstore Its not like its from this account either, its just on this device that's blocked No one is managing my account so why is this happening?

[@diannedianne5017]

I have the same thing.

[@catalystcomet]

Are you logged in to their account on your phone?

[@bribri7215]

@@catalystcomet Yes but I logged out of it to see if that would fix it but it didn't But apparently it was as easy as turning parental controls off from the playstore settings lol

[@Vidyuthsocool]

Stupid

[@mohamadkhairunishak7396]

I think the tutprial is seems hard to set up

[@YoutubeToffu]

Me looking at this worried for my phone lol

[@lydiakunupi7399]

Nice

[@michaelcribbs5435]

They make shit so fucking unnecessarily complicated

[@christineleyes2673]

Thank you❤

[@Stricky31]

Will you please show how to use Family Link to add a school account so that their school account can be monitored? Thanks!

[@Hunter-bq4jt]

There school acc is.already monitored by the school

[@Stricky31]

​@Hunter-bq4jt honestly they don't really "monitor" it. My son came home talking about things he had seen on the chromebook at school. I had to go to the school and have a meeting with the principal. There are "internet blockers" that block out "bad stuff", but in this day and age what one parent might think is "bad" another might think is "fine". The internet in the hands of a child without their parents monitoring it is no good. I found out how I can log in from my home computer into his account to view his specific content. Also to teach my son what we expect of him as far as the internet goes. Children need to be trained by their parents on how far is too far on the internet. I was in my 20s when smartphones came out. I wish someone would have directed me on how to use my phone in a healthy way. So many people are addicted and it's because there was no education on these lit up bricks we all carry around. They can be a great tool, once you learn your relationship with it. Anyways...have a great day! :)

[@sadiyoguleidcooks4you]

W

[@wildorchids3657]

This will not work... they can just create a new Google account..

[@Kayla_2_fine]

True

[@allex_only]

No they can't, the child needs permission from the parent by them typing in the parent's account password to add a new account

[@AdemDrustinac]

​@@allex_only what about factory reset? tried it and it works

[@zindelvazquez2954]

Factory reset doesn’t work I tried to do it while on their tablet and it wouldn’t allow me to without parental permission

[@roguebhilwara]

​@@AdemDrustinac No it doesn't work

[@kimleng539]

❤❤❤

[@loriarodriguez8092]

My parents died and now I'm stuck with this I foster home ಥ‿ಥ

[@naimaabdi2619]

oh i’m sorry to hear about that 😔

[@PaulBorobia1619]

Rest in peace.

[@bL4ck_LotuS07]

By the way, the app stands for family..its not for only child supervision but for other parent as well

[@Vidyuthsocool]

That’s fucking messed up. You have no right to supervise your partner whatsoever, it’s illegal.

[@MariaBautista-k9h]

Fr

[@amongusbaconboy]

family link has ruined my life

[@meowcatm]

Haha you have no choice

[@ulsboldbilguun1728]

Ur mom: UBETTER GET YOUR ASS HERE😡🥿

[@Mosestylez]

Nice try, kid

[@Dalibaby2011]

I really doubt that

[@wonnielee3407]

Saved your life….. there, fixed it for you

[@electrology]

I do not likle the fact that after age 13 it does not allow parents to "supervise" their children. Very bad. Apple allows parents to supervise until age 18

[@BingoRazar]

So you want to keep a tab on your child till 18?

[@electrology]

​@@BingoRazar Yes. What's the issue there? Forget about social arguments. Let's talk brain science here. I assume you would appreciate these points. Pardon my lengthy answer. 11-14 yrs is called formal operational stage. The limbic system develops faster than the prefrontal cortex. 15-17 years is middle adolescence. Myelination of the brain is complete except in the prefrontal lobe. 18-21 late adolescence. Prefrontal maturation picks up. You should know very well that prefrontal cortex is involved in many critical functions including: Coordinating and adjusting complex behavior. Impulse control and control and organization of emotional reactions. Last point. Just because "the trend" says allow children to use these gadgets and social media, it does not mean it is the right thing and the smartest thing to do. At this stage some amount of monitoring is extremely critical. FINALLY (pardon all CAPS) - THESE BIG TECH WANTS YOU TO DO THIS FOR A REASON.

[@void-mu6ns]

@@electrology wouldn't your child be anxious 24/7 cause they're (i don't know their pronouns) used to having no privacy, specially when you're a teen, And imagine all their friends doing fun stuff while they're stuck and cannot do anything

[@chadkendall7151]

I am with Electro on this one! The ability to keep tabs on your kids is responsible parenting. It shouldn't be up to google to decide how we choose to parent.

[@electrology]

@@chadkendall7151 Thank you, Chad. This is becoming an issue. Everything becomes sensitive these days and the concepts of freedom are so confused. I put forth a valid scientific fact in my comment above regarding brain science but see the response I got back. I really think Parents have the responsibility / bigger responsibility. If things go wrong no one will bear the burden but the parents. Google is dead wrong in this. I use pixel phone and I am in google ecosystem. I like many of their solutions but this parental control thing.

[@michaelcribbs5435]

This is stupid bullshit

[@juanluciano5542]

Useless video.

[@thef22raptor15]

I wish they allowed parents to see the child's messages

[@thehobbist5544]

That’s actually sickly. No privacy whatsoever. That’s how you get your child to to no-contact the second they turn 18

[@TakticalTic]

Worst video ever. YOU ALREADY HAVE IT SET UP!.

[@jlluptown]

We can't understand your English