Child-safe mode with parental controls

Category: Feature request Priority: P3 Area: account Reports: 1 Status: Open

Summary

A user sent an unusually detailed, well-structured proposal for a "safe mode for children" so kids can use Qaf in an educationally safe way: separate child profiles with age and language level, permanent simplified instructions so the assistant answers in child-appropriate language from a documented Islamic reference, a parent PIN lock on the mode's settings, blocking the child from deleting the restrictions or opening an unrestricted chat, referring the child to their parents for personal/sensitive questions, special protection for the child's data with a parent review panel, keeping the parent's own chats hidden on the child's device, and sub-accounts linked to the parent account with per-child settings. Abdellatif replied that the app currently does not target children, so a child-safe mode is not in current plans. Filed for the record in case the target audience ever expands.

What users say

Ehab Ahmed (signs as إيهاب إسماعيل / Ehab Ismail) ehab001@hotmail.com

After warm praise for the app, he proposes an eight-point child-safe mode and asks whether any of it exists today or is planned.

ومن باب الحرص على توسيع دائرة الانتفاع بالتطبيق، وتمكين الأطفال من استخدامه بصورة تربوية آمنة، أود اقتراح إضافة «وضع آمن للأطفال»

Out of keenness to widen the circle of benefit from the app, and to enable children to use it in an educationally safe manner, I would like to suggest adding a "safe mode for children".

Details / repro

The proposal's eight features, verbatim structure from the original email (translated):

  1. A separate profile for the child, specifying their age and appropriate language level.
  2. Custom, permanent instructions so the assistant answers in simplified phrasing per a documented Islamic reference suitable for the child's age.
  3. Locking the child-mode settings with a parents-only PIN.
  4. Preventing the child from deleting the instructions or starting a new chat not governed by child mode.
  5. Referring the child to their parents or an appropriate specialist when personal or sensitive questions are asked.
  6. Special protection for the child's data, with a suitable review panel for parents.
  7. Not showing the parent's chats or personal account data on the child's device.
  8. Sub-accounts for children linked to the parent's account, with per-child age and settings customization.

Abdellatif's reply (2026-08-17), summarized: thanks for the kind words; the app is currently not directed at children and does not target that age group, so adding a child-safe mode is not within current plans.

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