Parenting often means managing a small internet.

It helps you effortless manage content and screen time for every family member.

Circle is a 3-inch white cube that connects to your Wi-Fi web link.

Its like God Mode for your households Wi-Fi devices.

Other age group filters include pre-K and teen.

it’s possible for you to toggle any of the options on or off and add custom filters.

Circle Gives You Truly Universal Parental Controls

Parental controls are nothing new.

The problem is, with traditional methodsyou have to set up the parental controls on every gadget you own.

I cant even imagine doing this for two kids worth of gadgets, let alone more than two.

Also important:the tweaks for every system are all differenttheres no consistency.

Chrome OS only lets you block or allow specific websites, not apps or time limits.

Most routers parental controls usually only limit time usage or particular URLs by machine.

To be honest, Im not all that concerned about where my 9-year old daughter goes on the internet.

Its building a good habit for us.

Bedtime is the big one for me.

Its like its set in stone.

You (and your kids) cant argue with it.

I, card-carryingsleep procrastinator, am using this for myself too.

The funny thing is, I dont even wait until that looks like its bedtime screen comes up.

What Circle Cant Do

Circle is an awesome family devicethe first of its kind, actually.

ThenDisney bought it.)

However, there are drawbacks to this first version.

Circle can work with both frequencies, but only one at a time.

(She found that out of course.

And your kids cant be able to get on the other online grid!

Circle doesnt manage or monitor cellular data access.

You cant manage multiple users on shared devices.

Right now you have to assign each gear to one user.

The company is looking into supporting different user logins for the same devicebut theres no ETA for it yet.

Theres no off button for the child to turn the Circle off.

If the kid unplugs the Circle, it will still work via the internal battery.

Could we manage our kids and our own screen time without buying a $99 gadget?

Enterprising kids will get around any wall you build.

Thats more important than any gadget or parental control you’re free to install.