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Family Sharing - Won't Let Me Create a Child Account

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Greenstein

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Jun 21, 2010
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So I'm following the instructions in Family Sharing to add a child account who is under 13 years old. After I enter the birthdate, and agree to the Parental Disclosure agreement, it takes me to the credit card screen and says I need to go back into iTunes and add a valid credit card...well, I have a valid credit card. It's the same one I've used for a very long time. I've reentered it literally 25+ times, I've rebooted, I've tried everything I can think of and nothing works. I simply get stuck at the attached screen.

Anyone else been able to get past this?
 

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I just enabled family sharing. When it reached the credit card screen, my credit card was already populated. I just clocked continue.

Now the question is, can we now created Apple id for kids under 13?

Edit: never mind, I see that we can. Now the question is, can I "correct" the birthday on the account my kid currently uses? I had to enter a false birthday to create the account before this.
 
I had the same issue during the DP days and I had to create the child account from a Mac running Yosemite. Once it is created on the Mac, you can see it in iOS 8.
 
The credit card I was using was a debit VISA card. When I switched to a non-debit VISA credit card, it worked perfectly.

Makes perfect sense, right?
 
The child permissions in Family Sharing seriously needs some granularity. As it stands right now, *everything* in the App Store has to be approved, including free apps and updates. And every request for permission has to be verified by entering the account holder's Apple ID password. Every time.

Sure was fun running all those app updates...
 
Belisarius said:
The child permissions in Family Sharing seriously needs some granularity. As it stands right now, *everything* in the App Store has to be approved, including free apps and updates. And every request for permission has to be verified by entering the account holder's Apple ID password. Every time.

Sure was fun running all those app updates...
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This is why you should just do what I've been doing for years now. Just use the same itunes/App Store id on your device and on your kids and your spouse. Use a unique icloud ID on each device though.

Then, on your kids device enable restrictions on in app purchases and app downloads. Wah la, you have a granular version of family sharing. The only difference is you have to approve the download on your kids device (not on your device) by entering the account password. No sweat.
I fail to see the point of buggy family sharing when it can be accomplished as I stated.
 
caesarp said:
This is why you should just do what I've been doing for years now. Just use the same itunes/App Store id on your device and on your kids and your spouse. Use a unique icloud ID on each device though.

Then, on your kids device enable restrictions on in app purchases and app downloads. Wah la, you have a granular version of family sharing. The only difference is you have to approve the download on your kids device (not on your device) by entering the account password. No sweat.
I fail to see the point of buggy family sharing when it can be accomplished as I stated.
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The point is: I'm often not in the same physical location as my kids, and it's much nicer to receive a notification and approve it than to wait until I'm in the same place as they are.

Granted, I'm not saying that this is the end of the world or anything, but it certainly could stand to be improved.
 
Belisarius said:
The point is: I'm often not in the same physical location as my kids, and it's much nicer to receive a notification and approve it than to wait until I'm in the same place as they are.

Granted, I'm not saying that this is the end of the world or anything, but it certainly could stand to be improved.
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That's okay, it will teach them patience and help foster togetherness.
 
iTunes store on Mac won't let me log in so I can't get in there to verify my payment stuff for now...lots of little bugs flying around today
 
Family Sharing - Won't Let Me Create a Child Account

I can't even get family sharing to work
 
caesarp said:
This is why you should just do what I've been doing for years now. Just use the same itunes/App Store id on your device and on your kids and your spouse. Use a unique icloud ID on each device though.

Then, on your kids device enable restrictions on in app purchases and app downloads. Wah la, you have a granular version of family sharing. The only difference is you have to approve the download on your kids device (not on your device) by entering the account password. No sweat.
I fail to see the point of buggy family sharing when it can be accomplished as I stated.
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Totally agree. We've used the same setup for years and it's worked out great.

It sounds like family sharing is pretty clunky. And I still don't get the upside. The apps, music and media each of my family members use is really different. I have no interest in my kids apps or silly pics they take with their friends.
 
mantan said:
Totally agree. We've used the same setup for years and it's worked out great.

It sounds like family sharing is pretty clunky. And I still don't get the upside. The apps, music and media each of my family members use is really different. I have no interest in my kids apps or silly pics they take with their friends.
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it also sounds like not all apps can be shared. up to the developer...
 
mantan said:
It sounds like family sharing is pretty clunky. And I still don't get the upside. The apps, music and media each of my family members use is really different. I have no interest in my kids apps or silly pics they take with their friends.
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From what you describe, family sharing is precisely what you want. When using the same iTunes account for everyone, everyone always sees everything anyone buys. You also can't enable automatic downloads since you will get spammed with everyone else's purchases.

With family sharing, you only see purchases made by others if you select their name in the iTunes app under the purchases tab. Otherwise, you never see it. This sounds perfect for your needs. You can even enable automatic downloads and you will only get what your personal ID purchases.
 
caesarp said:
This is why you should just do what I've been doing for years now. Just use the same itunes/App Store id on your device and on your kids and your spouse. Use a unique icloud ID on each device though.

Then, on your kids device enable restrictions on in app purchases and app downloads. Wah la, you have a granular version of family sharing. The only difference is you have to approve the download on your kids device (not on your device) by entering the account password. No sweat.
I fail to see the point of buggy family sharing when it can be accomplished as I stated.
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I have been doing it this way as well. It has been working well, so I am not going to mess with family sharing. My kids just ask if they can get an app. If I'm not at home, they just wait (or more recently text and ask).
 
Credit/Debit card

I too have a problem with this not allowing me to add a child as my card is a Debit Card.
I cut my Credit cards up some time ago.
I hope this is something which is going to be changed...
 
Myself, my wife, and my 9 year old son have been sharing an iTunes account for awhile now and it has worked great. I don't think I'm going to set up family sharing for awhile. The only advantage I see is the notification feature when my son wants to install an app. But it's really not a big deal now, I just enter my password on his device.

I also see potential disadvantages.... I do have a question, if I turn on family sharing on their devices, what happens to all their current apps on their devices? Do they disappear and they have to re download them from my name?

Also, I understand not every app supports this? Has anyone found apps that don't yet? Would you have have to buy them multiple times then?
 
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