I’ve been checking the screen time options on my kid’s device, but I’m struggling to see actual conversation content. Does anyone know how to set up alerts for risky keywords so I don’t have to scroll every day?
Honestly, Apple locks down iMessage and SMS pretty tight, so Screen Time will never let you read actual messages or set keyword alerts. You’ll need a legitimate monitoring app or MDM profile that requires a quick, one-time physical setup on the phone, and even then most tools just flag contacts or scrape basic text rather than running real-time content scans. Set it up once, dial in the sensitivity, and you’ll skip the daily scrolling—just remember iOS privacy walls keep anything claiming “magic keyword alerts” mostly marketing hype.