Windows 10: Screen time limits for kids

At the beginning, "PC Screen time" worked, but after a few weeks, my son's laptop was blocked for 5 days, so that created very big problems for him to attend "online school". When my son's laptop finally unlocked, after 5 days, I set him "unlimited time" to avoid a similarly embarrassing situation again. It didn't help, and despite the "unlimited time", my son's Laptop was blocked until the next day, after just 2 hours of use and problem with "online school" again. I cancelled his PC from the Microsoft account but that didn't help either, his computer is still blocked until the new date. Please, please, please help us to solve this problem.
Talking to friends about this problem, I found out that they had the same problems.

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time limits for children

Hi,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

When you add a child to your family, you can help make sure they're staying safe while they use the PC while still giving them the freedom to explore. You can make sure that adult websites are blocked, or specify just which sites you want your kids to see.
You can also make sure they can only use apps and games that are appropriate for their age, and you can set screen time limits to make sure they're not spending too much time in the virtual world. Kids can ask your permission to keep browsing when their time
is up, or to see or download anything that's blocked—together, you can decide the level of restriction that's right for them.

I would suggest you to try the steps from the following link:

Keep your kids safer on the PC (Applies to Windows 10)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/set-pc-limits

Post us the results after you try the above steps.

 

time limits in family not working

Hi Barbara,

We would like to know more details about your concern about the Family Safety time limit that is not working so we can better assist you. Kindly answer the following:

• Does it happen only with particular child account?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we would suggest that you refer to this
support link on how to set up screen time limits for your child.

We look forward to your response.

 

Kid screen time: gaming time versus school work time

Thank you, It seems to work.

I've created two accounts. Me been the only admin of the system (s), I do install only app games on the gaming account, while office and school apps are installed for all users.

• Kid-gamer account: is limited on daily screen time, have controlled Microsoft Store purchasing capabilities, and allows downloading stuff, not installing it (admin rights).
  
• Kid-school account: unlimited screen time, no Microsoft Store purchasing capabilities (not even free stuff). Any application that is required to be blocked can only be blocked after been used for the first time and reported on the "family"
  dashboard. That is a pretty easy way to do it.
  
  Same for web sites containing inline games. After been used for the first time, they can be added to the list of blocked sites.
  

Having to wait for an application or website to be visited for the first time to be able to add it to the list is not proactive. Any smart ideas on that regard would be appreciated.

Has Edge any embedded functionality we could leverage ?

Thank you !