SkieHow do I make the phone stricter during exams?
Add a stricter window or swap to a shorter app list for the exam weeks. In the Skie dashboard, set the days and times and allow only study apps, then return to the normal list afterwards. Changes reach the device when it syncs, and the rules work offline.
Exam time is when a phone is most tempting and most costly. The fix is not a bigger argument, but a smaller phone for a few weeks.
Two approaches work. One is a temporary window: for exam weeks, set a long daily window, say from after school until bedtime, where only the study apps, calculator, dictionary and the phone are available. The other is to change the app list itself for a period, removing games and chat, and put them back when exams end.
Tell your child before you do it. Agree the dates, and say what comes back on the last day. Many children accept a short strict stretch when they know it ends. A reward at the end, such as a weekend of normal access, costs you nothing in the dashboard, because you can change a window in a minute.
If you want contact with friends to continue, keep one messaging app inside a short window, and leave the rest of the evening quiet.
Skie does not set daily screen time limits or give a reward of extra minutes yet. Changing the window achieves much the same.
For older teenagers, involve them. Ask which apps are really distracting them. They usually know. A teen who proposes the restriction is far more likely to keep to it than one who is handed it.