How to Set Parental Controls on Netflix

By: Caroline Knorr

From reboots to originals, Netflix is full of entertainment for kids. Of course, it also has tons of age-inappropriate shows that kids could easily stumble across. Netflix updated its parental controls in April 2020, giving parents the ability to set content restrictions for each person in the family and PIN-protect the settings. This prevents kids from getting into your profile and watching, say, Sex Education, and it also prevents them from changing the maturity level on their own profile. Netflix also added a feature called Kids experience, which you can enable in addition to the maturity ratings, to give kids a simplified interface and prevent access to account settings.

You can enable a few parental controls through the Netflix app but you get more options by going through your account on a web browser. Parental controls are just one way to help your kid learn to make appropriate choices and manage screen time independently. They work best with conversation about why you're restricting access. Here's how to set parental controls on Netflix:

In your profile:

• Log in, click on your profile icon, then click Account.
• Scroll down to Settings.
• Click on Parental Controls.
• Enter your Netflix password.
• Go to your profile.
• Using the drop-down, decide what maturity ratings you want for yourself. Some parents choose to restrict their own profile kids' shows just to be safe (and then change it when they're ready to watch Ozark.)
• Next, check the box under Profile Lock. 
• Enter a PIN.

In your kid's profile:

• Next, go to your kid's profile, or create one if you haven't already.
• In the drop-down, choose the most appropriate rating: TV-Y (6 and Under); TV-Y7 (7 and younger); TV-G (general audience); TV-PG (parental guidance); etc. These restrictions are set according to the MPAA and TV rating systems.
• Enable Netflix Kids experience if you expect your kid to be interacting on Netflix independently.
• Enable Profile Lock and choose a PIN that your kid will use to get into their profile.
• When you're finished, scroll all the way down and click Apply.

Restrict specific titles:

• If you want to restrict specific titles, regardless of their maturity rating, go to your account page and click on the profile for which you want to block specific titles.
• Scroll to Viewing Restrictions and log in.
• Type the titles you want to block into the box under Title Restrictions. (You can also enable the Kids experience on this page.)
• Click Save.

Note: Remember to make each PIN different and don't tell your kids your PIN. Also, don't share your Netflix password with your kids! If you do, and they're very determined to watch a show, they can get into the Parental Controls settings by using the Netflix password.

Source: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/how-to-set-parental-controls-on-netflix

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