What schools can offer, honestly
Schools already teach digital responsibility. What they can't do is reach into a family's evening. LeadMeNot is a way for a school to make a practical tool available to families, who then set their own boundaries at home: around distracting apps, late-night devices, unwanted content and whatever else matters to that household.
What it is not: classroom monitoring, managed-device administration or a district deployment system. We don't offer those and won't pretend to. The school sponsors or recommends access; the family configures and owns it.
How families use it
- Parent-supported boundaries for a teen. Set it up together: the teen's rules, agreed with a parent, with the parent as the accountability partner. The parent hears when a rule is broken and gets an evening reflection if the teen sends one; the teen knows exactly what's shared. Set up LeadMeNot for someone else.
- Parents' own habits. Many families start with the adults. A parent who models a phone-free evening is worth more than any rule.
- Family routines. Schedules that put the whole house's distracting apps away at dinner and bedtime, on each person's own devices.
Age, consent and accounts
LeadMeNot is built for adults choosing their own boundaries, and for older teens who are on board, set up with a parent. Age eligibility, parental consent and who owns the account need to be settled before a school commits to anything, and they vary by place. Tell us about your students and families and we'll confirm what's appropriate rather than guess. For a young child, a parental control app built for that purpose is the better tool, and we say so on our comparison pages.
How access works
Licenses correspond to people, not devices, and an unlimited-device license covers one person's devices, not a household. A school can sponsor access for families or simply make the resource known. Terms are worked out together; there's no standard package.
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Tell us about your school
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We offer institution-specific licensing based on the size of your community, the number of people you'd like to equip, and your rollout goals. Whether you're starting with a smaller group or exploring broader access, we can help identify an approach that fits.
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Questions
Is LeadMeNot a parental control or school monitoring app?
No. It's built for adults choosing their own boundaries, and for older teens set up together with a parent. It has no classroom monitoring, managed-device administration or district integration, and the school gets no view of any student's activity.
Does one license cover our whole family?
No. Licenses correspond to people. An unlimited-device license covers one person's supported devices.
How young can a student be?
Age eligibility and parental consent vary by place and need to be confirmed before a school commits. For young children, a parental control app built for that purpose is the better fit.