iOS 17 AirTag sharing with child

I was really excited to see AirTag sharing added to iOS17. I have a set of house keys I share with my daughter who has started at high school. The problem seems to be that with a screen time managed account, as a child, the option for sharing the AirTag doesn’t appear. I can add the AirTag to my account and see the sharing option but when I add her the invite is never received. There seems to be a block on sharing AirTags with children. On one hand I get it but it isn’t documented anywhere so is really unclear.

have others seen this? Any workaround?

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 8:38 AM

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Chris_V89

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Posted on Sep 21, 2023 5:30 PM

Hey there RARMiddleton,

Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities.

Just to confirm, does your daughter currently have a child Apple ID account? If so, then we do want to let you know that this would be expected, and it would not be possible to share an AirTag with a child account.

Check out this link here for more details: Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPhone - Apple Support

Note: You can only share an AirTag with someone who has an Apple ID. You can’t share with a child account.

We hope that's able to help.

Have a great day!

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