Parental Control Features: Phone Lock

Excessive screen time is known to cause higher rates of anxiety, depression and other mental health issues in children (and adults also). Use of a phone late at night can make it harder to fall asleep, and to stay asleep overnight.

The MMGuardian Time Limits function for Android phones allows you to set times when your child’s phone will be locked. This is particularly useful for managing screen time during homework or bedtime. Parents can also remotely set the phone to be locked for various amounts of time using the Lock function, useful for when your child should be doing household chores

Benefits of Using the MMGuardian Time Limits Function

Prevent Phone Use Before Bedtime

Viewing a phone screen late at night is likely to cause sleep issues. Help ensure that your child will get a good night's sleep.

Limit Overall Screen Time

Create blocks of time for your child to undertake more healthy activities in the real world than spending all hours on their phone.

By using the MMGuardian Time Limits function, you can help ensure that your child will get a good night’s sleep and has time for other more healthy activities than spending hours on their phone each day.

When your child’s phone is locked, the only thing they will be able to do is to call or text you or other important contacts that you define.

How to use Time Limits & Lock

Setting up MMGuardian Time Limits is simple and effective. Here’s how to get started:

Install the Parent App to your own phone, Android or iPhone
Install the MMGuardian Parental Control app to your child’s Android phone. If your child has an MMGuardian Phone, there is no need to install this app.
Open the Time Limits menu in your parent phone app
Set the times that your child’s phone should be locked.
To lock the phone ‘right now’, use the Lock function.
To set the lock-allowed contacts, use Lock Settings.

Download Parent App

Application for parent’s phone is available for iPhone and Android handsets.

Download Child App

Application for child’s Android phone.

MMGuardian Phone Lock Summary

To sum up, the MMGuardian Time Limits and Lock features for Android provides an essential tool to manage your child’s overall screen time with the flexibility to set rules that are right for your child. Whether you need just to lock their phone overnight, or to also prevent phone usage at other times of the day, MMGuardian provides the solution that many parents seek for their children’s digital protection.