Making a child account

[Eshe_Lynn]

So, I have been trying to make my children accounts, so as to play some games together, like mmos or whatever. My problem is, they are all under the age of 13. Now, I could lie to two different companies, but I would rather take care of this in a more legitimate manner? It surprises me, too, that companies like Google and Steam, media and entertainment based companies, don't have a way to make child accounts that I could find. Any help would be awesome, otherwise I may have to go back to the old fallback that no one does, lying on the internet.

[Teksura]

Originally posted by VirulentAura:

My problem is, they are all under the age of 13. Now, I could lie to two different companies, but I would rather take care of this in a more legitimate manner?

Where is it asking for the date of birth of the user? What specifically does it say?

[ErGaviota]

You can create an account and put parental control so you can control more or less what can and can not play and where they can access.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Teksura:

Originally posted by VirulentAura:

My problem is, they are all under the age of 13. Now, I could lie to two different companies, but I would rather take care of this in a more legitimate manner?

Where is it asking for the date of birth of the user? What specifically does it say?

Steam Subscriber Agreement

1. REGISTRATION AS A SUBSCRIBER; APPLICATION OF TERMS TO YOU; YOUR ACCOUNT ⏶

Steam is an online service offered by Valve.

You become a subscriber of Steam ("Subscriber") by completing the registration of a Steam user account. This Agreement takes effect as soon as you indicate your acceptance of these terms. You may not become a subscriber if you are under the age of 13. Steam is not intended for children under 13 and Valve will not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

[Eshe_Lynn]

Well, on creating an email account on either google or yahoo, it asks for date of birth. and you have to have an email account to sign up. Additionally, there is a check box asking if they are 13 or older.

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by VirulentAura:

Well, on creating an email account on either google or yahoo, it asks for date of birth. and you have to have an email account to sign up. Additionally, there is a check box asking if they are 13 or older.

Yes you have to be 13 to be a Subscriber, that doesn't mean you need to be 13 or older to USE an account.

It means if you are under 13 your *parent* needs to make the email (and therefore use the parent's birthday). So you'd tell Google YOUR adult-birthday. And you'd sign up for Steam as you, an adult. So YOU would be the subscriber. So your parent needs to make the account for you and agree to the TOS on-your-behalf if you are under 13. So you'd be legally responsible for the account, rather than your kid.

~i don't see anywhere on Steam where it says you need to be 13+ to actually play Steam games. Especially since Steam sells a few games for preschoolers. it just says you need to be 13 to set up an account/subscribe to the Steam service.~

Then. You set parent controls "Steam Family View" (this is different than "Steam Family Sharing"). The fact that parent controls exist sorta suggests Valve is okay with young children using it. Since typically parents don't do parent controls for their teenagers, but for younger children.

So not lie. Use your adult information. And you, the adult, remain in primary control of the accounts of your children.

(tho for the record lying about your age or name to Google or Steam is like not some big deal where you're going to jail for 20 years or something for doing. you wouldn't get jail time. or even a financial fine. at MOST they might shut down the account - but even that is *EXTREMELY* unlikely)

Family View Information >> https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5149-EOPC-9918

[Teksura]

You should be using your own email account. It is neither necessary or wise to create a unique email just for your child's steam account. You as the parent will be better off if those emails come to you.


You click the box saying you are over 13 because you are over 13. You maintain primary control over the account. It is, for all intents and purposes, your account.

[Gaoit Todo]

Originally posted by Hanomaly:

Originally posted by VirulentAura:

Well, on creating an email account on either google or yahoo, it asks for date of birth. and you have to have an email account to sign up. Additionally, there is a check box asking if they are 13 or older.

Yes you have to be 13 to be a Subscriber, that doesn't mean you need to be 13 or older to USE an account.

It means if you are under 13 your *parent* needs to make the email (and therefore use the parent's birthday). So you'd tell Google YOUR adult-birthday. And you'd sign up for Steam as you, an adult. So YOU would be the subscriber. So your parent needs to make the account for you and agree to the TOS on-your-behalf if you are under 13. So you'd be legally responsible for the account, rather than your kid.

~i don't see anywhere on Steam where it says you need to be 13+ to actually play Steam games. Especially since Steam sells a few games for preschoolers. it just says you need to be 13 to set up an account/subscribe to the Steam service.~

Then. You set parent controls "Steam Family View" (this is different than "Steam Family Sharing"). The fact that parent controls exist sorta suggests Valve is okay with young children using it. Since typically parents don't do parent controls for their teenagers, but for younger children.

So not lie. Use your adult information. And you, the adult, remain in primary control of the accounts of your children.

(tho for the record lying about your age or name to Google or Steam is like not some big deal where you're going to jail for 20 years or something for doing. you wouldn't get jail time. or even a financial fine. at MOST they might shut down the account - but even that is *EXTREMELY* unlikely)

Family View Information >> https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5149-EOPC-9918

This is quite helpful, but account sharing is still against Steam's ToS, so it wouldn't exactly fix the "problem..."

[Drab]

Pointless thread necro

[About47Pandas]

Just use the Steam Family view. You dont need to make a new account.

[StickyPawz]

Originally posted by About47Pandas:

Just use the Steam Family view. You dont need to make a new account.

Yes he does, since the point is to let the family play *together*.

The parent/guardian creates the child accounts using the adult's info/email and monitors it with familyview (to keep the wee ones from accessing settings, store, and discussion areas)

[About47Pandas]

Originally posted by StickyPaws:

Originally posted by About47Pandas:

Just use the Steam Family view. You dont need to make a new account.

Yes he does, since the point is to let the family play *together*.

The parent/guardian creates the child accounts using the adult's info/email and monitors it with familyview (to keep the wee ones from accessing settings, store, and discussion areas)

Then he would own x amount of accounts, then use family view on all of them.