OpenAI has introduced parental controls that allow parents to monitor how their children use ChatGPT.
Parents can now link their accounts with their teenage children’s accounts. Once linked, parents can:
Decide how their children use ChatGPT.
Ensure that sensitive content, such as graphic material and viral challenges, appears less often.
Choose whether the chatbot should remember past conversations for personalized replies.
Screen Time Limits and Other Restrictions
The new update also brings Quiet Hours, which helps limit children’s screen time on ChatGPT. Parents will also have the option to:
Turn off voice mode.
Disable image generation for their children.
Privacy of Teen Conversations
A key rule in these parental controls is that parents cannot read their children’s conversations with ChatGPT.
The only exception is if OpenAI’s system or reviewers detect a serious threat.
In such cases, parents will receive a notification, but only limited information will be shared — just enough to protect the teen, not the full conversation.
