Child account setup - constantly having to put in password

What determines whether an account is an adult or a child is the Date of Birth (DOB) put on an account when the account was ORIGINALLY setup.

So if the DOB when the account was originally setup is still under 18 it is still considered a child account and is required to have an adult account attached to it.

There is no way to change the DOB on an account once it is setup it is set in stone.

So your kids have a child account or an adult account? They can only change settings if they account was setup as a parent account or they know the parent account password.

Are you possibly still under a family as a child?

There are two ways to be considered a child.

1. DOB on account when it was originally setup. This will require the account to be setup in a family as a child account that would have an adult to control its options.

2. If it was originally setup as a child in a family with a child account and it reaches the age of majority (18 in most countries) and is still under a family as a child account then it would still be considered a child account. To fix this you would just
need to sign in with the adult account at account.microsoft.com/family and remove yourself from the family.

This will put you into your own family as an adult AS LONG as your DOB when your account was originally setup is truly over the age of majority. If it is not then you would not be able to do anything on your account till you are added back to a family as
a child account.

If the DOB on your account is under 18 then it is REQUIRED to be in a family as a child and have an adult account attached to it.

There is no way to change the DOB on an account once it is initially setup.

So you would need to put your account into a family account as a child and have an adult account attached to it.

If the date of birth on the child account when it was originally set up has reached the age of 18 then you would have to sign in with the parental account at account.microsoft.com/family and remove the child from the family. and that would put the child
into its own family as an adult. if you remove the child from the current family and its date of birth when the account was originally setup has not reached 18 it will not allow the account to be signed in until it is put into a new family as a child.