Child's physical location tied to iPad rather than Apple Watch

You can enable this without a reset by opening Find People on their watch, tapping “Me” and choose “use this device”.

See this other forum post. (Was driving me crazy. Shouldn't require a reset).

Use Apple Watch instead of phone for loca… - Apple Community

Actually, it doesn’t let you change the default device. In fact, tapping on it doesn’t let you do anything.

My daughter has an iPhone with her Apple Watch tied to it because Family Setup was not convenient in this case.

However, she’s not grown up enough to carry an iPhone with her (nor it is convenient) when she’s not under our supervision. That is the primary reason to wear an Apple Watch.

I’m facing the same problem. The Location is tied up to her iPhone, and while I’m able to track the Apple Watch under “Find My Device”, it’s more convenient for me to have her live real-time location tracked under “Find Me”, allowing me to set up geofences and location-based triggers.

I was considering creating another iCloud account for her and setting the Apple Watch with Family Setup, but… I already have 5 family members under Family, and I’m feeling like under a Catch 22 situation.

The solution would be really easy… Apple should actually let you choose which device is the primary location source as per default, and at any given moment.

If both devices are close together, it doesn’t matter which one provides the location.

If Apple Watch is active (detecting it is being “weared”), and both devices aren’t at the same location, it is logical to think that the Apple Watch is the actual location main source. At least we should be able to choose which one should be.

You should be able to track the Watch and iPad separately.