How do I accept add a friend approval that my child sends on Xbox to me?

Hello dear Gamer, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is Vinicius.

I am a gamer and independent advisor on the XBOX community platform.

Hey Michelleswift, how are you today? Hope you're well.

Pleasure to talk to you again.

So, try this workaround here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

This actually happens on the family account sometimes, the notifications for approval do not appear sometimes.

Hello FireMedicLee,

I found this but have not tried it yet. I would give this a shot.

Changing Safety and Privacy settings:
On your console, go to the Settings page and select Privacy.
Choose "Change Settings".
Choose a preset privacy group or choose "Customize".
Online Friends – Other people on Xbox Live may want to add your child to their personal friends list. To manage approval of your child’s online friends,
you can require these requests to be approved by you.
*Choose "Approval not required" to allow your child to send and accept new friend requests.
*Choose "Require Approval" to require that friend requests be approved by you. If you choose this option, you must also approve any new friend request that your child wants to send to other gamers.
It will ask you to enter a password when a friend request is sent or approved.
Communications – Manage who your child can communicate with on Xbox Live. Communication on Xbox Live includes chat, messages, and game invitations using
voice, video, or text.
Choose your level of security:
Select "Everyone" to allow your child to communicate with anyone on Xbox Live.
Select "Friends Only" to allow your child to communicate only with people on his or her friends list.
Select "Blocked" to block everyone from communicating with your child. Your child will still receive new friend requests.
To exit press the B on your controller, and then choose Save and Exit.

Yes, this is how I was able to add the child as a friend. This plan does not seem to work, however, with non-family friends. He sends the friend invite, but they do not receive it.

As a backup plan I am just having them add me then add my kid’s gt through my friends list. Trying that now.

Thanks again.

[table][tr]Online Gameplay [td]Decide whether or not a child can connect to Xbox LIVE and play games with other Xbox LIVE players including friends.Only child accounts have this setting. [/td][td]

• Allowed
• Blocked

[/td][/tr][tr]Accept Friend RequestsIf set to Blocked, the adult account must approve all friend requests. [td]Decide whether or not a child can accept Xbox LIVE friend requests without parental approval. Friend requests act like a contact list and also change what information can be seen on Xbox LIVE.Only child accounts have this setting. [/td][td]

• Allowed
• Blocked

[/td][/tr][tr]Purchasing [td]Decide whether or not a child can purchase items on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, such as arcade games, game add-ons, and other items.Only child accounts have this setting. [/td][td]

• Allowed
• Blocked

[/td][/tr][/table]

this is the setting you want

If you have a child account you will not be able to add friends. The parent account will need to add the friends/approve them before you will be able to play with them.