Q: How do you set up an apple id for a child who is 13 (not under 13) years old?
Just bought an iphone for our 13 year old daughter. want to set her up with "Find My iPhone" with her own apple id, but instruction on apple support site require her to be under 13 years old. How can we set her up? It seems strange to me that there would be a cutoff age of 13 years old for setting up a child account.
iPhone SE, iOS 9.3.2, new phone for new user
Posted on Jun 10, 2016 5:52 PM
Set up her account in the same way as you would create a normal account : Set up an Apple ID in iTunes - Apple Support
Child accounts only apply to under-13 year olds, they can only be created and exist as part of family sharing (prior to family sharing accounts for under-13s couldn't be created). Over 13 and they can have a 'normal' iTunes account, you don't have to use family sharing to create an account for them, the account can exist outside of it
Posted on Jun 11, 2016 12:29 AM