When a child turns 13 (or the applicable age in their country), Google sends an email to the parent who supervises the account and to the child to let them know that they can update the child’s account. They can choose between these options:
Continue their current parental supervision settingsThe child can choose to maintain their existing supervision settings and have a parent continue to manage their account by not acting on the email.
Tip: Supervision settings remain the same until your child decides to update their account.
To update their account and keep parental supervision, the child needs to:
- Go to their inbox.
- Open and read the email titled, "Ready to update your Google Account?"
- Select Update your account.
- Review their account settings.
- Select I agree.
Learn how supervision works for children over 13 (or the applicable age in your country).
Tip: Children under 18 need parent approval to stop supervision.
Children over 13 (or applicable age of consent in your country) need parent permission to stop supervision
Parents of children over 13 (or the applicable age consent in your country) can choose to stop supervision at any time. Children need parent approval to stop supervision until they turn 18. Parents and children will both get notified when supervision is stopped.
