Creating child account for xbox live

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Parent and child accounts on Xbox are designed to help parents manage their children’s gaming activities. A parent account is the primary account that can create and manage child accounts. Child accounts are created for children under the age of 18 and are linked to the parent account. The parent account can set up parental controls, such as screen time limits, content restrictions, and spending limits, for each child account.

You cannot change your account to be a child account. You will have to create a new account for your child.

To create a child account, the parent account must first create a family group. The family group can have up to six members, including the parent account. Once the family group is created, the parent account can add a child account to the group. The child account will be linked to the parent account and will have access to the parent account’s Xbox Live Gold subscription and other benefits.

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Same issues. Couldn't migrate the offline account to a LIVE account for a child on the xbox. Had to set the account up online which generated a GamerTag. When I then went to the offline child account on the xbox it asked for the adult login to verify
- did that - then it said the email address for the child account was already associated with an Xbox Live account. The only thing I could do is create a new profile on the Xbox. It's ridiculous there is no way to associate the new Live Account/Gamer Tag
to the exisiting offline account for a child account.

Hey OptimumMink8671 -

Sorry to hear about the issue you are experiencing. The next step I can suggest is reading through the 'Can't Complete Parental
Consent' guide and try each of the steps listed there.

If that doesn't work, you'll want to call phone support via the
Contact Us page for further assistance as information regarding accounts and billing are not within our ability here on the public forums.

Keep us posted!

Try resetting your password to see if it works. Located here:
account.live.com/ResetPassword.aspx If not, make sure you're signed into the appropriate window live ID, such as the one used to create your Xbox account. To make sure that the Windows Live ID you are using is the right one, try signing in to Xbox.com by
using the same Windows Live ID that you are trying to use on your console. If there’s a problem with that Windows Live ID, you are prompted to correct it. If you are signed in with an incorrect gamertag or if you are prompted to create a new Windows Live ID,
you are likely using the wrong Windows Live ID. Also, be sure it isn't a child account. If the Xbox LIVE account is a child's account, make sure that you enter your child's Windows Live ID. You must use the Windows Live ID that was used to create the account.
If your child's Windows Live ID was automatically created as part of Family Account setup and you try to reset the password, email is sent to the Windows Live ID parent account (the Xbox LIVE family primary account). Follow the instructions in that email to
reset the child's account's password. If you only want to download the account profile, use the Download Profile feature when you are signed in with the Xbox LIVE family primary account. Hope this helps. Sorry for the wall of text!

Hi LauraQ0220,

Thank you for posting on the Microsoft forums.

Every person, adult or child, should have their own Microsoft account (email) when using any Microsoft services, including Xbox Live. When creating a child Microsoft account using their correct age, and then adding it to an Xbox console to create an Xbox
Live profile, the profile will automatically set default privacy restrictions for the age of the child. Then, the parent can add the child to a

Microsoft Family and use the many features of parental control to monitor what your child does on Xbox Live, set content restrictions, ask to buy, set time limits, and manage privacy settings.

It's very important to create a
child Microsoft account for a child when they want to use Xbox Live so that a child is not using someone else's account besides their own, which can be monitored through Microsoft Family parental controls. Creating a child account for the child when they
first want to use Xbox Live, with restrictions suitable for the age you enter, is how you would prevent this situation from occurring.

Unfortunately, Microsoft cannot transfer Gamertags from one account to another and I don't see that changing because there are many features in place so that a parent is not forced to give their child access to their own Microsoft account.