I have my children added to Family Sharing but cannot turn on the Screen Time sharing. I go to turn it on and it asks for my children's icloud account. Once I enter it, it says they have already been added. I have turned on Screen Time on my child's phone.
How do I turn on Screen Time for a child that is already added to Family Sharing.
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 12
I have this question as well, Ive set up the Child account on my family sharing. The child account shows up correctly, and the screen time is set up on the childs phone, and when I get on my phone and try to view theirs under family sharing, the screen time page is blank. Ive posted a picture of what it looks like when Im viewing the Screen Time page under my Family Sharing.
I have this question as well, Ive set up the Child account on my family sharing. The child account shows up correctly, and the screen time is set up on the childs phone, and when I get on my phone and try to view theirs under family sharing, the screen time page is blank. Ive posted a picture of what it looks like when Im viewing the Screen Time page under my Family Sharing.
Hi Overtrust, I had the same problem and fixed it. Kids were not showing up in Screen Time and iCloud Family Sharing Screen Time showed an empty page just like Feyded1020's screenshot.
Before iOS 12 my wife did not want to approve our kids requests for each and every game/app, so I switched off 'Parent/guardian' for her.
As a final resort I turned this switch back on in iOS 12 for my wife. All of a sudden the three kids show up on my iPhone in the Screen Time and iCloud Family Sharing page, which is thus no longer empty. And I can manage their screen time from my iPhone (instead of only their iPads).
I hope you have the same sort of parent/guardian glitch and this solution will help you. Kind regards.
I have the same issue also. Is your child's account designated as a child account? My son is 14 so his account is not a child account. I wonder if that is the issue - you can only share if the account is designated as a child account
I've turned on Screen Time on my phone, and one two of my kid's phones. I can see one of them (the 14-year-old) and can control her settings from my phone. My 11-year-old, however, does not appear in the list of family devices despite being a family share member. There need to be clear instructions and a troubleshooting guide for this mess.
I turned it on in her phone, being sure to select "this is my child's iphone", then I turned it on on my phone and she showed up (which is how it is supposed to work). When I turned on the one for my 11-year-old, nothing happened. She did not show up in the family sharing section of screen time. What's the difference? I have no frickin' idea.
Where do you get the option "this is my childs iphone"? When I go to my son's phone and turn on Screen Time I don't see that anywhere. My son's account is listed as an adult. Is that the same as your daughter's?
I don't even get that far. On my family sharing I cannot turn Screen Time. It remains turned off, while other shared features are turned on.
Hi Talban,
How were you able to setup and see screen time for your 14 yo?
No. I get the screen time option and select to turn it on in family sharing and the screen is blank.
This worked thank you. I turned my wife's status as parent/guardian and changed it to Adult and it allowed me to have access to my kids accounts. Thanks again!
On your child's device when you open screentime for the first time you will see the option "this is my child's device".
This workaround fixed my issue, not sure why its required to have kids show up under 'Screen Time', but it worked. Thank you for this, and hopefully it gets fixed.
As I understand it, you can’t set up the family restrictions on a device with an adult owner (they can set it up on their own device). The owner has to be under 18.
Cannot turn on screentime sharing for child
