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My guess is most you, even the ones with kids, don’t know about the iPhones Restrictions settings. Believe it or not, they are there. I mean who doesn’t share their iPhone with their children – like when they are driving you nuts in the backseat of the car who doesn’t pass the iPhone back to shut them up. Well I guess you might not want them to turn on Bruno or some other movie you might have on the device. This is where this setting could come in handy but there is a better solution!! Settings – General – Restrictions gets you to the screen seen here on the left. The first time you select this setting you setup a passcode which you’ll need to remember. As you can see you can prevent your kiddos from using Safari, YouTube, iTunes, Installing Apps, using the Camera or Location. It’s good in theory. When you disable any on the apps shown their icon disappears.
Good if you don’t want them seeing something R or X rated on YouTube, but bad if you want them to watch Scooby Doo on YouTube.
Honestly, I was surprised that the Movie and TV filters seemed to work so well. You can see my settings here on the right at TV-PG level. With this setting when I went to watch Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy the audio comes through, but the video is scrammbled. If you want to hide the ears from Cris Rock type profanity you are out of luck, but the video is hidden. I would show you the picture, but when I took a screenshot the scrambled lines go away for a split second and the picture is clear? Not sure why but no big deal. The bottom line is you can easily keep your child from seeing all those naughty movies and shows you have stored on your iPhone. The audio is likely muted as well just my jailbroken iPhone with dropped in mp4 files is messing some filter up. Apparently apps have a similar rating system as seen here on the left. 
I didn’t even know this existed. With the setting at 4+ I still could use all my apps including Dexter and Baberoo. Again, I’ll assume this is because my iPhone is jailbroken. Even assuming this works the way its supposed to – it can drive a Toddler nuts as it disables too many apps. Its even worse for teens because they would know all they have to do is restore the iPhone with any computer (at home or friends house) and the Restrictions are gone. Backup all your apps before you restore and the iPhone looks the exact same. The only way you’d be able to tell is by going to Restrictions and seeing that your passcode failed. So what do you do. Well there’s a better option for those under 10 called Mobicip. BUT the best iPhone restriction is good parenting. Then hopefully you trust your kid or teenager. When it comes to the iPhone most are smarter than you anyway.
Restrictions
Restrictions