Netflix for your kids: our guide to enabling parental controls

Step number 1: Home page

When you get to the profile page, select the one you want. Once there, just click on the icon in the top right corner, then go to “Manage Profiles”.

Step number 2

Then you will be taken to the profile page: just select the one you want to change.

Step number 3

To enable parental controls, the first solution offered by Netflix is ​​to set an age category. It’s handy if you don’t want to put your 10-year-old in front of a movie or series that’s not for kids under 12.

Step number 4

Did you think it would be that easy? Netflix apparently asks you to enter your password to prevent us budding geeks from going after you to remove parental controls…

Step number 5: Specify the age category

There are several options available to you on this page. You can choose the maximum age category you want to place on a given profile.

And Netflix is ​​offering a step up by removing certain titles from its catalog. Don’t want your teenagers to watch Elite, which they think is too bold, for example? Go in a few clicks, the Spanish series will no longer offer them. If it’s not practical!!

Step number 6

You will then be taken to this page where you can see all the restrictions (or freedoms!) placed on the different profiles.

Step number 7: Add the PIN code

If parents and kids share the same profile and you still want to control their screen time, Netflix offers a second solution: restrict access… with a password!

Just click the “Edit” button on the right.

Step number 8

It’s up to you to play with this part, but a little tip, avoid codes like “0000” or “1234” or even the date of birth of the youngest in the family…

Step number 9: Bonus

Another little tip that I will share with you here. We know Netflix: the next episode starts automatically, prompting the viewer to continue and watch the program without attention. If you have given your kids some screen time (“But only one episode huh!”) and don’t let them surround you (“But look mom, the episode isn’t over yet!”), you can check the first option. .

Of course, remember to hide the remote at the same time, or they’ll let the set go without prompting you.