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Set up content blockers that stick

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    Block at the network level first.

    Family-filter DNS on the router and phone. It covers every app and browser at once, not one loophole at a time.

  2. 2

    Use the system tools on each device.

    Screen Time or Digital Wellbeing with adult-content restrictions on, in-app browsers included.

  3. 3

    Give the unlock code away.

    A partner or friend sets the PIN. A blocker you can unlock in ten seconds is a speed bump, not a wall.

  4. 4

    Add friction, not just walls.

    Greyscale at night, no phone in the bedroom, feeds logged out. Most lapses start bored in bed, not hunting.

  5. 5

    Accept that no blocker is perfect.

    The point is the pause: thirty seconds of obstacle is enough for the urge-surfing skill to engage.

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