Create a child profile inside ABC iview and choose the permitted programme groups. A child ABC Account does not add parental controls by itself. Use the separate ABC Kids app when you need its documented individual-show filtering or session timer.
Choose the control that matches the household task
ABC iview profiles give people in one household separate viewing histories, watchlists and Continue Watching lists under one ABC Account. ABC allows up to four additional profiles. For a child, the relevant restriction is the child-profile setting inside iview, rather than merely registering an account with a child's details.
Begin by deciding what you need to control. A child profile selects age-appropriate programme groups. Hiding particular children's shows and setting the Kids app's timed session are different tasks, with controls documented for the separate ABC Kids app. Keep those two interfaces distinct when helping someone else set up a television and a tablet.
Create and inspect the child profile
On the Who's Watching screen, choose Create a new profile and identify it as a child's profile. ABC then asks for the child's year of birth and which types of programmes the child can access. Review the selections rather than accepting the default without looking.
ABC's current instructions say that for a child over eight, the default selection includes ABC Kids, ABC Big Kids and ABC Family. Choose the groups you want and select Done. Return to the resulting profile and inspect the choices shown. This check confirms what you selected; it does not establish an undocumented PIN lock or a device-wide restriction on other applications.
Set playback preferences on each device
ABC says caption, autoplay-next-episode and video-quality settings must be made locally on the device or television being used. A household profile can organise viewing without carrying every playback preference from the tablet to the living-room screen.
After creating the profile, open it on each screen the child actually uses. Check the local autoplay and caption preferences there. This is particularly helpful when one carer configured a phone while another expects the same behaviour on the television. Keep a brief list of which screens were configured, because a completed profile and a completed device setup answer different questions.
Use ABC Kids controls for a narrower task
The ABC Kids app offers a Filter Content page under Settings, where parents can hide selected shows from the child's home screen. Its help also describes PIN-protected settings sections and a Limit Screen Time timer, with sessions up to 60 minutes. After the timer expires, playback locks until the app is unlocked; the published guidance also says the app unlocks automatically two hours after the elapsed timer.
For continuous episode playback, check Play Next in that app's Settings. ABC says this feature advances within the same programme rather than across mixed-programme collections. Choose the app according to the task, then review its actual screen with the child. This gives you a setup you can explain and adjust, instead of assuming that every ABC account, profile and app applies the same restrictions.
Sources and review
- How do I create a child's ABC iview profile? — Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- What is an ABC iview profile? — Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- What parental control settings are there on the ABC Kids app? — Australian Broadcasting Corporation