i have set up a microsoft family account for my son, but his friends xbox seems to be listed ...

Hi Jessica,

Are you controlling your sons account through the family safety features of your Microsoft account or just through the options on the Xbox itself? I ask because I control friend requests through the family safety app on my phone and wasnt asked to set up a pin for my son.

David.

I have similar issue.
When my son got an Xbox I set him up under my account; he was very young and I didn't want him to have his own account. Seemed best practice to set him up under my account.

He will be 18 this year, he now has a Microsoft account, and wants to have his Xbox account under his own Microsoft account.

It's absolutely ridiculous that Microsoft don't allow transfer between family members to account for kids growing up and wanting to take control of their own digital assets.

Hello Arreal,



Greetings!



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It seems that you are having issue with Xbox Family Settings app in setting a screen time limit due to an issue with organizer account. Let us check and see on what we can do to help resolve your concern in a timely manner.

Since your son is using your Microsoft account as his log in it can be set as organizer since that is an adult account. To be able to set up the Xbox Family Settings app correctly, you must create an account for your son and create an Xbox Family Setting app using your own account and set as the organizer or to change the email associated with your son's Xbox account, you will need to follow these steps:

• Sign in to your Microsoft account on the Xbox website.
  
• Go to the "Family" tab and select your son's account.
  
• Click on "Manage family settings online."
  
• Under "Organizer," click on "Change organizer."
  
• Follow the prompts to select your son's account as the new organizer and enter his email address.
  
• Once the change is complete, you should be able to set screen time limits for your son's account using his email address.
  

For your reference, see: Manage a member’s content in the Xbox Family Settings app | Xbox Support



We look forward to your response. Kindly let us know, if there is any misunderstanding or clarifications of our description by sending us a reply.



Sincerely,

Thank you for contact us! I'm Anderson, an Independent Consultant and a Microsoft user like you.

good evening

In order for your son to send friend requests on Xbox, you need to set up family settings and assign him as a child account. Here's how you can do that:

Go to the Xbox website and sign in with your adult account.

Click on the "Settings" button and select "Family" from the menu.

Click on the "Add a Family Member" button and enter your son's email address to invite him to the family group.

Once your son accepts the invitation, you will be prompted to set up his account as a child account.

You can set up specific restrictions and controls for your son's account, such as the games and apps he can access, and the times he can use the Xbox.

You can also manage your child's account and settings on Xbox console, go to settings, then select Accounts, then Family, and then select the child account you want to manage.

Please note that, as the adult, you will need to approve friend requests before your son can add them. If your son is still having trouble, you may want to check the settings you have applied to his account to make sure they are correct.

My sons xbox console has a mic with a line through it next to the time. [...] My 10 year old son is going crazy

Hello Rashell,

When your son's account was created, did you correctly use his own email account and correct birthday?

If so, the Live service sets automatic online and privacy settings for children and teens and restricts some features.

Please go to
https://account.microsoft.com/family and sign in with YOUR OWN adult Microsoft Account, and check that your son's Microsoft child account is added to your Microsoft Family.

If your kid is a member of your Microsoft Family, go to
https://account.xbox.com/settings and again sign in with YOUR OWN parent account.

There select your kid's account, and change his online and privacy settings to your liking.

You need to allow voice communications at least with friends only.

That way, your child can talk to known people in their friend list, but can't talk to "strangers from the internet".

But you can set it to any way you seem fit for your child.

By allowing your kid to use the voice chat feature, the line through the microphone should disappear.

Also make sure that the microphone itself doesn't have an activated mute switch, which causes the microphone to have a line crossing through it.