I need to change my child's age to allow purchasing pc gaming

Hi and thanks for reaching out. I hope you’re doing well. I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you and I'll be happy to help you.

How to change the date of birth varies depending on the currently listed age and local laws. Kindly check read and follow the steps on this link; https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-bil... to change your child's date of birth.

I've changed settings to 'child defaults' and allowed access to content up to age 9, but he still can't play online. Which settings do I need to change to allow this?

At the age of 13 it is perfectly allowed for your child to make their own account. However, under the age of 18 they would need parental consent to access Xbox Live. It is only age-restricted content you wouldn’t want them to access. If they set their birthdate
to the correct age then they would need parental consent. You can set up an age limit on the console, it is called Access to content. I recommend just keeping an eye on what your child plays on and by setting up the Access to content age limit, they wouldn’t
be allowed to purchase anything.

Hope this helps!

I believe that a child account, by default, has purchases options turned off....you'd need to change the Privacy settings on the child's account to allow purchases.

You can manage things from the Xbox Family Settings App but I am not sure which option turns purchases on and off

Edit: FOund this on an older thread from someone wanting to upgrade Xbox Live to Game Pass on a child acocunt:

"I figured it out for my child. I had to go in and allow them to buy items without asking for my permission. Once that was changed I logged into their account and converted the subscription to game pass. Afterwards I went back into my account and turned on the content restrictions again."

Good day

If the account you are playing with is set as a child account you wont be able to start a Realm.

To be able to play on someone else realm you will need to have the settings changed to allow for multiplayer games.

Child accounts is under the age of 18 (20 in South Korea and Japan).