Posted on November 9, 2021
CREDO funding helps NDWA fight for the rights of domestic workers
At the National Domestic Workers Alliance, we believe that domestic work makes all other work possible.
NDWA works for the respect, recognition, and inclusion in labor protections of domestic workers, the majority of whom are immigrants and women of color. Driven by the lived experiences and aspirations of domestic workers, we employ five main strategies to transform the domestic work sector:
- Organizing domestic workers and developing leaders by providing a space for workers to share information, build skills with training and resources, access benefits, get support, and organize to win rights
- Developing policy solutions and deliver wins through economic recovery, immigration, caregiving, survivor, and essential worker advocacy
- Changing the story by leveraging the power of popular culture to shift key narratives and elevate character-driven stories of domestic workers
- Innovating by using technology to solve for equity and dignity and to find new ways to make work better for domestic workers
- Mobilizing underrepresented women of color voters because we know that when women of color vote, we build a better world.
Thanks to the leadership of nannies, house cleaners, and home care workers, we are on the cusp of winning historic investments in caregiving and immigration through President-elect Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
We have the opportunity to accelerate policies that protect workers and raise standards at the state and city levels in part due to partnerships advising on cash assistance, new policy, reopening guidelines, and pivots from relief to recovery.
Along with our coalition partners, we will also continue to seize the opportunity created by the current visibility and appreciation for essential workers to uplift domestic and home care workers’ inherent value and dignity.
With your vote and CREDO’s support, NDWA will continue to forge new pathways to make every job into a good, living wage job with benefits by 2030 and to create a multi-racial democracy where women of color are supported to lead.
Posted on November 8, 2021
Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Building a Better Future with Earthworks
Communities First
At a time when so many people around the world are facing so many threats, should we really be putting ourselves at risk in the name of dirty and unnecessary fossil fuel production?
Fossil fuels pose risks at almost all stages. From the moment oil and gas is pulled from the ground to final consumption, these fuels threaten our health, environment, and climate. Technologies like fracking (hydraulic fracturing) poison our water, cause air pollution, and scar our landscapes.
Earthworks has been working at the intersection of dirty energy and climate change for years. In 2014, we started using Optical Gas Imaging cameras to expose the invisible methane venting from oil and gas wells. And for years we’ve been exposing the harm, advocating for better regulation of existing infrastructure, and stopping new fossil fuel development.
And now, we’re working to transition to a clean, just, and equitable energy future by ensuring that the minerals we need for new renewable technologies are responsibly sourced and don’t harm communities or the environment.
Case Study: The Permian Basin
To head off climate catastrophe, fossil fuel production and consumption must decline steeply and rapidly. The opposite is happening in the Permian Basin, a vast expanse of land across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
The region is experiencing a fracking boom. Oil and gas production has more than quadrupled in the past decade and is projected to grow even more aggressively in the coming decade. Weaning America and the world off oil and gas will be much harder if production keeps growing. Yet the Permian Basin could produce more oil, gas, and gas liquids in the next 30 years than it has in the past century.
Our newest report, Permian Climate Bomb exposes the climate, public health, economic, and social impacts of the Permian fracking boom. By following the flow of Permian hydrocarbons from extraction to export, illustrating the community consequences of the associated infrastructure buildout, and working directly with individuals confronting the industry, we’re exposing just how dangerous the Permian Basin is for our climate.
A Clean, Just, and Equitable Future
Shutting down the fossil fuel industry isn’t the only thing we have to do. Earthworks is working towards transition to a 100% renewable energy economy — one that no longer depends on fossil fuels. Solar, wind, and battery technologies are competitive and growing rapidly, while their costs continue to fall. Yet, as with any transition, we must prepare for, and ensure against, unintended consequences. We must create a renewable energy future that doesn’t cause harm to communities through dirty mining.
Renewable energy and battery production rely on minerals such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, and copper. Demand for these minerals is skyrocketing. Mineral extraction already brings devastating harm to people and the environment. But we know that renewable energy production does NOT have to mean the degradation of communities and special places. By partnering with frontline communities, creating stricter standards for extraction, and promoting responsible sourcing with renewable energy companies, we can minimize the harm from renewable technologies.
Will You Join Us?
We don’t have much time to prevent climate catastrophe. Defeating the political and economic power of the fossil fuel and mining industries will not be easy — but we know it must be done.
Though it may sometimes seem that progress is impossible, remember that the momentum for change keeps building. And it’s so important to keep speaking up for what’s right.
Will you join us in standing in solidarity with those on the frontlines? If you haven’t already, I hope you’ll vote for Earthworks on CREDO’s donation page. I also invite you to watch the new multi-media report at www.permianclimatebomb.org. Thank you for your support!
Posted on November 8, 2021
Write a Letter, Change a Life with Amnesty International
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the largest country section of Amnesty International, a membership-based global human rights movement founded on the idea that every person can make a difference standing up for the rights of others wherever they may be. For six decades, we have been seen worldwide as the premier grassroots organization demanding human rights for every person and tackling the most pressing challenges to human rights.
Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys their full range of human rights, and our mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international rights instruments. Combined with our award-winning research, our members, supporters and activists—over 10 million globally—work to advocate in their communities and beyond to ensure that all people can claim the full spectrum of their human rights and to amplify the voices of human rights defenders and individuals at risk everywhere.
Write for Rights is Amnesty International’s largest annual human rights campaign, held throughout the fall to mark Human Rights Day on December 10th. Each year, AIUSA activists and supporters around the world write letters to support people at risk and help end human rights abuses, such as the imprisonment of individuals solely for the peaceful expression of their beliefs or identity—people we call prisoners of conscience.
Through Write for Rights, millions of people around the world, like you, each write a letter to the government official(s) responsible for the case. These letters pile up in their offices and can’t be ignored. We supplement these letters with e-mail actions, lobbying, media attention, and social media to increase the pressure on those officials. We also write “solidarity” notes to the people we are trying to help, or their families, to give them hope.
Each year the campaign focuses on the cases of ten different individuals. This year’s cases include human rights defenders and individuals at risk in Egypt, Mexico, Thailand, Belarus and beyond. Write for Rights shines a spotlight on human rights defenders like Bernardo Caal Xol in Guatemala, who was jailed for protecting a sacred river while doing everything he can to peacefully protect his people’s land and natural resources from plunder and biodiversity loss. Or activists Anna Sharyhina and Vira Chernygina, who have been repeatedly attacked for defending LGBTI and women’s rights in Ukraine.
Good news from previous Write for Rights cases:
“To everyone who sent me countless letters from around the world…I want to express my deep gratitude, while in prison, these actions lifted my spirit and reminded me of the importance of international solidarity in the struggle for human rights.” — Taner Kilic. Former Amnesty Turkey Board Chair, released after more than 14 months behind bars. 2017 Write for Rights – Turkey.
“Thank you very much each and every one of you. Not just for campaigning for my release, and the release of other prisoners, but for helping to keep our hope and our beliefs alive.” — Phyoe Phyoe Aung, Student leader imprisoned after peaceful protest, freed in 2016. 2015 Write for Rights – Myanmar.
Ready to get writing? Here’s how to get started:
- SIGN UP: at write.amnestyusa.org
- DOWNLOAD: our guide with the cases, addresses and instructions
- WRITE: from now until December 20, 2021
- REPORT: your letters by January 31, 2022 at write.amnesty.org/impact
For any questions, you can reach out to our team at: w4r@aiusa.org
Even if you only have time to write one letter, it counts. Through our collective power, prison doors will open, families will be reunited, justice will be achieved, and human rights activists will be safe and supported in continuing their important work to change the world.
CREDO and supporters like you make it possible for us to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth, and dignity are denied—thank you!
Amnesty International members and supporters march through central Bangalore to mark International Human Rights day on 10 December 2018.
Posted on November 8, 2021
Join three free online training sessions with Hollaback!
Our grantee Hollaback! works to end harassment in all its forms by transforming the culture that perpetuates hate and harassment. Last month, CREDO members voted to donate over $42,000 to help the organization build the power of everyday people to create safe and welcoming environments for all.
This month, Hollaback would like to invite CREDO members to join one, two or three free virtual trainings covering street harassment, bystander intervention and implicit bias. These trainings are a great way to learn some concrete tools and techniques to protect yourself and your communities from harassment and bias.
Here’s more information from Hollaback about each session with links to sign up today:
Stand Up Against Street Harassment
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 5PM ET / 2PM PT
We all have a responsibility to do something when we see street harassment happening, but too often we freeze. We don’t know what to do. Bystander intervention gives us tools to intervene without compromising our own safety. During this training you’ll learn a clear, adaptable, and expert-approved set of tools that have been proven to reduce the prevalence of street harassment. Then, we’ll talk about what to do if you experience harassment and give you tools to safely get your power back.
8 Strategies to Mitigate Implicit Bias Training
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 2PM ET / 11AM PT
Everyone holds implicit biases. That doesn’t make us “bad people,” it just means that we have work to do. This one-hour, interactive training will teach you how to understand and begin to mitigate your own implicit biases using 8 proven strategies.
Bystander Intervention to Support Latinx Communities in Public Spaces Training
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT
In honor of Latino Heritage Month and to bring awareness to the increase of harassment toward the Latinx community in recent years, Hollaback! is offering a free, one-hour, interactive training to train people on how to safely intervene when they witness Latinx people experiencing harassment in public using Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention.
Posted on November 4, 2021
Vote for Amnesty International, Earthworks and National Domestic Workers Alliance this November
Every month, CREDO members vote to distribute our monthly donation to three incredible progressive causes – and every vote makes a difference. This November, you can support human rights, climate justice, workers’ rights by voting to fund Amnesty International, Earthworks, and National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Amnesty International
For over six decades, Amnesty International has been the premier grassroots organization demanding human rights for every person. Combined with Amnesty’s research, its supporters —over 10 million globally—advocate in their communities and beyond to ensure that all people can claim the full spectrum of their human rights and to amplify the voices of human rights defenders and individuals at risk everywhere.
Funding from CREDO members will help Amnesty International to expand its membership as much as possible so as to have the greatest possible impact on human rights advocacy.
Earthworks
Earthworks partners with frontline activists fighting fossil fuels and dirty mining. Earthworks’ optical gas imaging cameras show methane’s role in accelerating the climate crisis. The organization advocates for a clean energy transition and sustainable minerals economy.
CREDO support will help build a more diverse climate movement that centers the voices of frontline communities and the grassroots. Together, we can move away from fossil fuels to a renewable energy future that doesn’t rely on dirty mining.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
NDWA organizes to win respect, recognition, and labor rights and protections for the more than 2.2 million nannies, house cleaners, and homecare workers—mostly immigrants and women of color—who do the essential work of caring for our loved ones and our homes.
Funding from CREDO will help us organize to meet the challenges of this crucial time when we have the opportunity to raise standards and change the lives of 2.2 million domestic workers across the country.
Your vote this month will determine how we divide our monthly donation among these three progressive groups. Be sure to cast your vote to support one, two or all three by November 30.
CREDO members who use our products and services everyday are the reason we are able to make these donations each month. Learn more about CREDO Mobile and CREDO Energy and join our movement.
Posted on November 4, 2021
How to store your vaccine record on your smartphone
If you’re like us, you got vaccinated. That’s great!
But now what do you do with that awkwardly-sized piece of paper you need to enter public venues, businesses or even your workplace? Not to mention, what happens if you lose the card? What a hassle.
Never fear: The safest and easiest way to save your vaccination record is storing it on your smartphone. In this week’s tip, we’ll show you how to keep your vaccine card safe at home and handy in your pocket.
To start, let’s go over what professionals recommend you should not do with your paper vaccination card.
First, do not laminate it. You may need the card for your next dose or booster, so let the card breathe or purchase a plastic sleeve to keep it safe.
Second, don’t post it to social media, since the card contains sensitive personal and health information.
Lastly, try not to carry the card with you all the time, since you risk losing it (although your state health department should be able to provide you with a backup).
Now, here’s how you can save your vaccine record to your smartphone:
Take a photo
There are many ways to save your vaccination record to your phone. The easiest way is to use your phone’s camera app to take a photo of the card itself. The CDC recommends this method in the event you lose your card.
Make sure you place your card on a flat surface in a well-lit area. Crop the image to the four corners of the card, then save the image to your phone. You may want to consider creating an album named “Records” so you can easily access the photo when it’s time. Apple users may want to ensure the file is backed up to iCloud, while Android users can back it up to Google Drive.
Note that this is probably the least secure method of backing up your vaccination record, so if you have any concerns about your health privacy, you can skip to the next step.
iPhone users: Securely scan in Notes app
If you own an iPhone, you can also scan your vaccine card in the Notes app and securely save it so that only you can access the record. Here’s how:
- Open the Notes app & create a new Note.
- Tap the camera icon & choose Scan Documents.
- Position the camera over the card & your phone should automatically take the picture. If not, tap the shutter button, tap Keep Scan, then tap Save.
- To secure the Note, tap the three dots and choose Lock. You will need to enter a password & you can enable Touch ID or Face ID as well.
Use a passport app or service
Depending on your situation, an image of your vaccine record on your phone might not be enough or appropriate, so that’s where a dedicated app or service to store a digital vaccine record is very useful. Many states are rolling out their own vaccine passport services, and you can even save your records to your Apple Wallet and Google Pay apps.
Bear with us, because there is a little fuss involved, but it’s worth the extra few steps, especially if you’re required to show proof of vaccination status often or digitally.
To get started, you’ll need a digital version of your vaccination record. Depending on where you live, your state may already have an app. Only a handful of states currently offer these services. For example, New York State uses the Excelsior Pass, and New York City uses NYC COVID Safe (iOS & Android) while California will send you a QR code and digital copy of your vaccine record. Other states have apps or digital records available through Smart Health Cards and the CommonTrust Network, which include:
- Arizona
- California
- Hawaii
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- North Dakota
- New York
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
If your state doesn’t offer its own app, your health provider or pharmacy, like CVS or Walgreens, may also participate in a program like Smart Health Cards. You can see a full list here. You may need to log into your account with your pharmacy or health provider or call to request the digital vaccine record.
Still unable to obtain a digital record? You have other options to create a digital version of your vaccine record. Services like Clear and VaxYes can validate your identity and vaccination status and provide you with a digital vaccine record which you can store on your device.
Add your vaccination record to Apple Wallet
Adding your digital vaccination record to your payment wallets on your phone makes it really easy to pull up your vaccine status quickly when you’re on the go.
Apple’s recent release of iOS 15.1 now allows iPhone users to add their vaccination records to the Health App, making it very easy to add to your Apple Wallet. If you received a QR code or downloadable record from your vaccine provider or already have a verifiable vaccine record stored in your Health App, you can add it to your wallet. Here are some detailed instructions from Apple.
Add your COVID Card to your Android device
Android users can similarly add their vaccine records to their device, but your provider will need to send you a digital record of your vaccination via QR code or downloadable record, just like Apple users.
Make sure your device is running Android 5 or above and be Play Protect certified. Google provides very detailed instructions on adding your vaccination records to your device here.
Posted on November 1, 2021
How does CREDO’s donations program work?
For more than 35 years, CREDO’s fundamental mission has been to make positive social change. We do that by not only giving our members the opportunity to do business with a company that shares their values, we also donate to progressive nonprofits each month, totaling $1 million each year.
It’s been more successful than we ever thought possible. Since 1985, we’ve been able to donate more than $93 million to nonprofit groups fighting for climate justice, civil rights, economic justice and so much more. But we always get the question: How is CREDO able to donate tens of thousands of dollars every month to groups that share our values at no extra cost to our members? Here’s an inside look at how it all works.
Every CREDO member is a philanthropist
Whenever someone joins CREDO and uses our products or services they become a philanthropist to the progressive causes we all care about. Just by using CREDO services, each one of our members contributes to our mission of progressive social action, at no extra cost to them. Here’s how:
Our monthly donations to nonprofit groups are generated primarily from our company revenue and are one of our most powerful tools for change. Many CREDO Mobile members also make additional donations by rounding up their monthly bills by a few dollars to send extra support to the causes we fund. Then, at the end of each month, we distribute these donations to the three nonprofit groups we’re supporting that month.
Which groups does CREDO fund?
We fund progressive nonprofit groups that believe in our values and fight along with us for greater social change. We primarily fund organizations that fall generally within six broad categories: Civil Rights, Climate Justice, Peace, Women’s Rights, Economic Justice and Voting Rights. Some recent grantees include Sunrise Movement, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Amnesty International, March For Our Lives, Brennan Center for Justice and Black Alliance for Just Immigration. We’re also proud to be one of Planned Parenthood’s largest corporate donors, having donated more than $3.7 million since 1986.
We let you vote how to distribute funding
Here’s what makes CREDO’s philanthropy truly special and different from other companies: We let you vote to decide how we distribute the donations among three nonprofit groups. It’s truly democratic. Each month, CREDO members, activists, supporters and the general public visit CREDODonations.com to vote for the group (or groups) they’d most like to see funded. Donations are then distributed according to their votes.
Monthly voting is open to anyone who wants to take a few seconds to vote on our ballot and direct funding to the progressive nonprofit(s) of their choice.
How nonprofit organizations are chosen
The groups we support are also chosen democratically. Throughout the year, CREDO customers, CREDO employees and members of the general public nominate nonprofit groups to receive donations funding. Additionally, the CREDO team invites organizations to apply to our Donations Program and also vets other potential organizations for our donations ballot. Each month, we present a handful of those organizations to all CREDO employees who then vote on the final three organizations that appear on our monthly ballot to receive a donation.
You can nominate a group for funding here.
You can vote now
Here’s your chance! If you’ve voted for a group in the past, you know how this works. If you haven’t, it’s very easy. Just visit CREDODonations.com and vote for one, two or all three nonprofit groups on our ballot to help us distribute funding to this month’s nonprofit grantees.
Posted on November 1, 2021
Our October grantees thank you for your support
Each month, CREDO members vote on how we distribute funding to three incredible nonprofits. Those small actions add up – with one click, you can help fund groups working for climate justice, ending harassment and women’s rights. In October, CREDO members voted to distribute our monthly donations to Earth Guardians, Hollaback!, and Supermajority.
These donations are made possible by CREDO customers and the revenue they generate by using our services. The distribution depends entirely on the votes of CREDO members like you. And for that, our October grant recipients thank you.
Earth Guardians
$58,520
“Thank you for your continued support and partnership! CREDO members like you help support over 200 youth both in the frontline and on the ground at community levels implement grass root campaigns that create a powerful change in their communities.” – Catherine Mongella, Executive Director – Earth Guardians
To learn more, visit www.earthguardians.org.
Hollaback!
$42,910
“Thank you for your support ending harassment – in all its forms. Supporters like you fuel free bystander intervention trainings, building education, action, and resilience in the face of harassment. Knowing you have our back makes all the difference.”
To learn more, visit https://www.ihollaback.org/.
Supermajority
$48,570
“Thank you for being an important part of our team! Together, we’re supporting women who are often excluded, overlooked, or dismissed from our democratic process with the tools, information, and community they need to exercise their civic power.” – Amanda Brown Lierman, Executive Director, Supermajority
To learn more, visit supermajority.com.
Now check out the three groups we are funding in November, and cast your vote to help distribute our donations.
CREDO members who use our products are the reason why we are able to make these donations each month. Learn more about CREDO Mobile, the carrier with a conscience.
Posted on October 27, 2021
5 eco-friendly ways to have a green Halloween this year
Halloween is quickly approaching — and we’re so excited! For many of us, this will be the first time in a while that we’ll get to put on scary costumes.
You know what else is scary about Halloween? The holiday’s impact on the environment — and it’s not just the candy wrappers and all the single use plastics. Your old jack-o’-lantern could be emitting potent greenhouse gasses, and your costumes are likely derived from fossil fuels.
But we don’t want to troll your party — so here are 5 eco-friendly ways to have a green and sustainable Halloween this year and reduce your impact on the planet.
Don’t throw away your pumpkin!
Whatever you do, don’t throw away your pumpkin in the trash, if you can. Each year, roughly 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins end up in landfills, where they decompose and eventually emit methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, according to the EPA.
So what can we do with all our leftover jack-o’-lanterns? Composting is one of the best ways to dispose of your pumpkin. Don’t have a compost bin or service? If you have a yard, you can actually bury your pumpkin in the ground (no, you really can!), and pumpkins also make great snacks for wildlife, especially deer.
If you don’t have the outdoor space, you can eat your pumpkin, too, especially the seeds. However, be mindful that most Halloween pumpkins are the Howden variety, which are bred for size and color, not taste, so choose your recipes wisely, like this one for curried pumpkin soup.
Hand out organic, fair trade and ethically-sourced candy
Candy is sweet, but the environmental fallout is bitter. Candy manufacturers require lots of sugar, palm oil and cocoa which contribute to deforestation around the world and add stress on endangered species. In addition, many large chocolate manufacturers continue to source cocoa harvested by child labor.
And then there’s all the non-recyclable packaging that comes with mass-market candy. Chances are, the candy wrappers your parents tossed out when you were a kid are still in a landfill somewhere, leaching toxins into the ground.
So this year, hand out fair trade, organic or ethically-sourced candy. You can find lots of brands online or at your local natural foods store.
Make your own costume – or thrift it
This year, Americans are expected to spend $3.3 billion on Halloween costumes. That’s a lot — but it also means a lot of waste, since many costumes are one-and-done, because they are cheaply made and probably won’t be worn again. A recent survey found that 83% of material in the costumes studied were made from plastic, which is derived from fossil fuels and contributes to climate change.
Worse, many plastic costumes contain hidden toxic chemicals like PVC, and many disposable costumes are made by workers who may endure human rights abuses or work under harsh conditions in factories overseas.
Instead, consider making your own costume. You can make one out of pieces you have around the house — or head over to your local thrift store. Many now have sections dedicated to Halloween in October. Another option is a costume rental shop. Most have a wide selection of elaborate Halloween costumes at this time of year.
If you’re painting your face or your kid’s face, be aware of the chemicals in the paints. According to one analysis, almost half of the paints examined contained at least one heavy metal. Some had up to four heavy metals.
Decorate sustainably
Halloween decorations are in very high demand this year. In fact, some big retailers have reported selling out of Halloween decorations almost immediately. So if you haven’t yet decorated, you can make your own decorations and help reduce your use of plastic products. Here are a couple ideas:
You can make a big black widow out of a (recyclable) black garbage bag stuffed with newspaper. A ghost from an old bedsheet. Gravestones from cardboard. And as always, reuse your decorations from year-to-year to reduce waste.
Here’s a crafting site with a bunch of ideas for eco-friendly decorations.
Skip the plastic trick-or-treat bag
If you or your little one are trick-or-treating safely in public this year, take one more step to stay safe and skip the disposable plastic bag or hard plastic pumpkin. A recent study by HealthyStuff.org found that some popular trick-or-treat bags and Halloween products contained toxic chemicals like bromides, polyvinyl chloride and phthalates, which are banned in children’s products.
Instead, use an old pillowcase or a reusable shopping bag to avoid these nasty chemicals.
Posted on October 21, 2021
How to enable parental controls for child-friendly use on iPhone and Android
With many kids back to school in-person, a lot of parents and caretakers have purchased new smartphones to stay in touch while their children are away.
But now they may be in a quandary, especially with dangerous TikTok challenges going viral: How can I limit my child’s screen time and keep them safe online?
We have a solution: Parental controls.
These controls allow you to set the appropriate amount of screen time and limit certain sites and apps to ensure your child’s health and safety. In this week’s tip, we’ll show you how to set it up.
With parental controls, you can limit the types of content, number of hours and more on your loved one’s device. There are many user-friendly apps in Google Play and the App Store that can enable a wide variety of settings, but the following tutorials explain how to use the built-in (free) parental controls that are included with your device and operating system.
How to use parental controls on an Apple device
To set up parental controls on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you’ll first need to set up Screen Time on your child’s device:
- Go to Settings > Screen Time
- Tap Turn on Screen Time, then choose Continue on the next screen.
- Choose “This is my Child’s [device]” & follow the prompts until you get to Parent Passcode and enter a passcode. Re-enter the passcode to confirm. You may also need to enter your Apple ID login information, so you can reset the passcode at a later time.
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions. If asked, enter your passcode, then turn on Content & Privacy.
Now, you have many options to set content and privacy restrictions,, preventing purchases, limiting explicit content and scheduling Downtime, which allows you to choose which phone calls and apps that are available.
Set downtime and app limits
During downtime, only calls, messages, and apps you choose to allow are available. You can receive calls from contacts you’ve selected to allow communication with during downtime, and you can use apps you’ve chosen to allow at all times.
- Go to Settings > Screen Time > Downtime > Enable the slider next to Downtime
- Enter the start and end times > Then, tap Set Downtime.
- To set limits for categories of apps you want to manage, select the categories.
- To see all the categories, tap Show All Categories.
- Tap Set, enter an amount of time, then tap Set App Limit.
- Tap Continue, then enter a Screen Time passcode for managing your family member’s Screen Time settings.
Here are some more tutorials from Apple on how to set up additional features and restrictions:
- Prevent iTunes & App Store purchases
- Allow built-in apps and features
- Prevent explicit content and content ratings
- Prevent web content
- Restrict Siri web search
- Restrict Game Center
- Allow changes to privacy settings
- Allow changes to other settings and features
How to use parental controls on an Android device
On Android devices, the parental controls are found inside the Google Play app. Here’s how to get started, but please note that directions may vary depending on your device’s manufacturer and OS version::
- First, be sure you are using the device you’d like to enable parental control on.
- Then, go to the Google Play app & tap the profile icon at the top right
- Tap Settings > Family > Parental Controls
- To protect parental controls from tampering, set up a PIN that your child doesn’t know
- Now, you can select types of content and restrictions, including Apps & Games, Films, TV, Books & Music.
You can learn more about Google’s parental controls here.
Google Family Link
If you’re looking for additional controls, including limiting screen time and more detailed monitoring, another robust solution is Google Family Link, a free and easy-to-use app that allows you to create a family group and control or monitor a specific family member’s device usage, help guide them to appropriate content, set bedtimes and restrict or allow apps, websites, and other content.
To learn more and how to get started, visit the Google Family Link website.
