OPINIONParents in families with shared iPads would love a
feature so aptly named as Shared iPad, but instead, they
find themselves struggling to keep their private apps,
messages, and emails away from the children. As former
colleague Susie Ochs pointed out last year, Screen Time
isn’t an ideal solution as it forces parents to live under
the same limitations as their children (or at least forces
them to deal with frequent annoyances while disabling
them). None of this would be a problem with multiple
accounts on the same advice, and with multipleThis, but for everyoneOPINION
ParentsinfamilieswithsharediPadswouldlovea
featuresoaptlynamedasSharediPad,butinstead,they
findthemselvesstrugglingtokeeptheirprivateapps,
messages,andemailsawayfromthechildren.Asformer
colleagueSusieOchspointedoutlastyear,ScreenTime
isn’tanidealsolutionasitforcesparentstoliveunder
thesamelimitationsastheirchildren(oratleastforces
themtodealwithfrequentannoyanceswhiledisabling
them).Noneofthiswouldbeaproblemwithmultiple
accounts on the same advice, and with multipleThis, but for everyone