Additional Ideas for Using Restrictions on Your iPhone

The main purpose of restricting access to certain iPhone features is to keep your kids from wasting time and corrupting their minds watching explicit video or listening to adult-content audio. However, you may also want to restrict your own access to certain features to avoid the temptation to waste time.

For example, suppose you're addicted to the Internet, and you're spending way too much time surfing when you should be working. You can simply restrict access to Safari and/or YouTube and remove the temptation from your Home screen.

To make this even more effective, have someone else type in a passcode to restrict your access to certain features. Now you won't be tempted to turn off these features, ...

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