Q: Creating kids accounts for kids aged 13
Merry Christmas everyone!
So, we bought our two older kids an iPod Touch 5 for Christmas and decided they were now old enough (aged 13 and 14) to have some control over their own devices and iTunes content.
Up until now I've just used my personal Apple ID for all their devices (iPads and iPods) and have used restrictions to manage things by linking their email addresses to my Apple ID. Since the advent of "family sharing" I decided to create kids accounts for them. However, whenever I try to do this it keeps changing the date of birth I enter, presumably because they're already 13 and older.
So, is Apple seriously saying I can't create a kids account for my kids because at the age of 13 they're no longer kids?!?!
Is there any way around this? I would just enter a false D.O.B. and change it later, but am led to believe that this won't be possible (at least based on Apple's support material).
Any suggestions would be most welcome!
Thank you!
Joe.
Posted on Dec 25, 2014 2:00 AM