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In today’s digital age, kids are growing up surrounded by technology, and Apple devices have become a big part of their world. Whether it’s for school, games, video calls with grandparents, or exploring educational apps, giving your child their own Apple ID can help personalize their experience while keeping them safe. But as a parent, you also want to maintain oversight and establish healthy digital habits. That’s where setting up an Apple ID for your child and linking it to your Family Sharing group with built-in parental controls comes into play.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process to create an Apple ID for your child and explain how to connect it to your family account, so you can monitor and manage their digital activity with peace of mind.

Why You Should Create an Apple ID for Your Child

Creating an Apple ID specifically for your child ensures they get access to the features they need—like iCloud backup, iMessage, FaceTime, Game Center, and App Store downloads—while allowing you to manage their experience responsibly. Apple’s Family Sharing and Screen Time features let you set spending limits, restrict certain types of content, track screen usage, and even approve or deny app downloads remotely. It’s all about balance—letting your child enjoy their device while giving you control to keep them safe.

Who Can Have a Child Apple ID?

A child under 13 (age may vary by region) cannot create an Apple ID on their own, but you, as the parent or guardian, can create one for them through Family Sharing. You must be the family organizer or an approved guardian in an existing Apple Family Sharing group to do this.

How to Create an Apple ID for Your Child

On iPhones running on iOS 17 or later.

Open Settings and tap your name at the top.

Tap Family. Tap Continue.

Choose Create Child Account and tap Continue.

Tap Continue if it prompts.

Follow the prompts:

• Enter your child’s name and birth date.
• Use your Apple ID password or Face ID/Touch ID to give parental consent.
• Review Apple’s Parental Privacy Disclosure and agree.

Set up your child’s Apple ID email and password.

You can create a new Apple ID with the recommended iCloud email. Or you can choose the existed email.

Enter the verification code sent to your email.

Choose one of the mobile phone numbers of yours for verification or two-factor authentication.

On the Parental Control Page, Tap Continue.

Enter a passcode to lock the parental control.

Re-enter to confirm it.

On the Share Child’s Location with Family. Tap Share Location. Or Skip.

Tap Done.

On a Mac:

1. Go to System Settings (or System Preferences in older macOS versions).
2. Click your name (or Apple ID) > Family Sharing > Add Member.
3. Select Create Child Account, and proceed with the same steps as above.

Video Guide:

Link the Child’s Apple ID with Parental Controls

Once your child’s Apple ID is created and added to your Family Sharing group, you can now take full advantage of Apple’s built-in parental tools:

How to organize Child’s Screen Time on your iPhone

Tap Settings.

Tap Screen Time.

Tap Child’s name under Family.

Follow the instructions to Set up the restrictions.

Screen Time

• Set daily limits for apps or app categories.
• Schedule Downtime when your child’s device is unavailable (like bedtime).
• View detailed screen reports of how much time they’re spending on each activity.
• Block inappropriate contents for children.

See All App & Website Activity

See All App & Website Activity is a feature in Screen Time that gives you a detailed breakdown of how your child uses their device. It shows the time spent on individual apps, categories (like Social or Entertainment), and even specific websites visited in Safari. You can access this by going to Settings > Screen Time > [Child’s Name] > See All Activity. The data is organized by day or week, helping you spot patterns and identify overuse. This insight allows you to set smarter app limits and encourage healthier screen habits.

Downtime

You can set a downtime for child. During the downtime, your child can’t use the device.

App limits

In the App limit’s part, you can add limits for a specific app, or set the limitations for a categories of the app.

Always Allowed

Always Allowed apps are available during downtime or if you select “All Apps & Categories” app limit.

Screen Distance

With the Screen Distance on, Screen Distance will alert your child to hold an iPhone or iPad with FaceID at a recommended distance to reduce eye strain and the risk of myopia in children.

Communication Limits.

You can set the limits for contacts applied to Phone, FaceTime, Messages, and iCloud Contacts. Communication to known emergency numbers identified by your carrier is aways allowed.

Choose the contacts allowed during Screen Time.

Also, you can choose the contacts list during Downtime.

Communication Safety.

Communication Safety can detect nude photos and videos before they are sent or viewed to your child’s device.

Apple also provide the Child Safety Resources to help you talk to your child about digital safety topics.

Content & Privacy Restrictions

The Content & Privacy Restrictions feature in Screen Time allows you to control what your child or other users can access on their Apple device.

Under iTunes & App Store Purchases, you can prevent installing, deleting, or making in-app purchases, and require a password for additional security. This ensures greater parental control over spending and app management.

Under Allowed Apps & Features, you can turn off an app or feature to remove it from the Home Screen, but will not delete it from the iPhone.

Under the App Store, Media, Web & Games, you can set the allowed media service content for the following listings.

Music, Podcasts, News, Fitness.

Music Videos, Music Profiles, Movies, TV shows, Books, Apps, App Clips.

You can also set limits for Web Content, Game Center.

Under Intelligence and Siri, you can set the limitations for Apple Intelligence, ChatGPT Extension, Siri, and Math Results.

Under Privacy, you can choose Share My Location for child’s device or not.

Under Allow Changes to, you can prevent Changes to Passwords & FaceID, Accounts, Wireless Data, Speaker Volume Limit, Driving Focus, TV Provider, Background App Activity.

People Also Ask

1. How to Turn off Screen Time for a Child (iOS 18 or later)?

Tap Settings.

Tap Screen Time.

Choose Child’s name under Family.

Tap Stop Managing Child’s Screen Time.

Enter your Child’s Screen time passcode that you’ve set before.

Done.

2. How to invite other members to Family?

Tap Settings.

Tap your Apple ID.

Tap Family.

Tap invite Others.

And share your Family Invitation.

When your child above 13 or other family members receive your invitation, they can approve it to enter the family.

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