Unable to add a child to Screen Time

Same solution for me, could only see one child previously so I logged out of iCloud, waited a minute and logged back in, then I could see and enable Screen Time settings for both children from my own Iphones Screen Time interface :)

To use Screen Time with Family Sharing, you need to be the family organizer or parent/guardian in your family group, on iOS 12. Your child must be under age 18, in your family group with their own Apple ID, and on iOS 12.​

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Sign out and in for the familiy organizator(me) account fixed the problem.

i hope it all works out for you. also update your phone and your kid’s phone when apple has a new version of os.

i was ignoring the update for awhile until i needed to do/change something on my son’s phone, when i gave permission or extra time to his phone from my phone, his phone wasn’t responding, meaning it was still lock and i couldn’t do anything changes or delete apps from his phone. i decided to update our phones and it worked.

key is to always make sure your phone is updated. apple is just manipulative like that😁

I have the same problem. But I have achieved partial results. What I did:

1. Updated my and our two children's iPhone to iOS 12. My wife's iphone didn't yet. Me and my wife is Parent user and our two children are Child (under 16) user. We are in Family Sharing for long ago.

2. Turned on Screen Time on my phone as parent user and after I turned on it on my kids phones as child user.

3. Their name did not appear in the screen time app and I did not control them. The app worked in stand alone mode. I checked this: Settings > My Apple ID > Family Sharing > Shared Functions > Screen Time. I found it turned off. But impossible to switch.

4. I did the following many times: devices soft/hard reset, Apple ID logout-login, Screen time swith off-on, etc... but nothing changed

5. It doesnt't changed for 2 days.

6. I updted my wife's device to iOS 12. Turned on Screen Time and to my surprise appeared the children's name in app. In my device too. It's too nice to be true...

7. I can not manage my son's device. The other one is perfect.

8. I did step 4. again. Unsuccessfully.

I have only one short question after I suffered several hours: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ?

sign out from icloud. everything else will just follow and get refreshed.

I am having the EXACT same problem. I can only see and manage one of my children. My other child’s device says it is not sharing (obviously) - but there is no way to enable sharing.

And yes, devices are running IOS12, and we are setup in iCloud as Family and I am ORGAIZER/PARENT.

I tried disabling SS and renabling. Same problem.

Update! I don't know how but I tried again to add my son's device to ST on my wife's phone (parent/guardian) and it is work! :)

We can control them properly. I think so this feature is in beta version strongly...

I'd like to know as well how to view my child in Family Sharing Screen Time. I go to her device and it says its not turned on under family sharing screen time for her and to click it to access the settings to turn it on. I click it, and there isn't anything that says it will turn on Family Sharing Screen Time for my daughters device. This feature is really trash with its implementation, Apple is just pushing half baked garbage out more often now.

I love the premise behind Screen Time, but theres no reason it shouldn't have been properly implemented before making iOS12.

The picture is of her device under Family Sharing>Screen Time.

I’m having a similar issue. I have three kids. Two I can regulate. One I cannot. His profile says he’s part of the Screentime but his phone number to his phone isn’t there and I can’t add it. I’ve went on his phone and mine and it won’t show up in the screen time settings.

Agree! I shifted over to Apple when I read about screentime + family sharing, and now I'm really dissapointed that Apple advertised this feature and could not get it done right. I'd advise against buying Apple products... this is ridiculous.

Tried that too, but no luck. I'm using an Iphone 8, maybe I need a newer verseion for this feature to work???

I just can't find the button to add a person to the family list. It was there when I added the first child but isn't there anymore...

Hmmm, don't think it matters about the phone model really since our phones are iPhone 6S models, what does matter I believe is that you're running on iOS version with screen time working correctly, our phones are iOS 12.1.2 or 12.1.3.

I wholeheartedly agree, we do spend enough money on Apple products to justify much better support!

We have 8 apple devices in our home and rushed to upgrade to iOS 12 to use Screen Time, only to have it not function from parent phone to kids phone. And when I called in to Apple support, none of the "advisors" knew how to help me, only said they'd get back to me in a few days after consulting with tech support. The last time I called in for support they sent me to Screen Time Labs (who had the name Screen Time first). I am so upset with Apple right now!