How do I enable a child account under mine to receive family requests?

[termus]

Please see the following screenshot of the Steam notification settings.

https://imgur.com/a/nNMoB6S.png

I want to give my 14yo son my Steam Deck LCD. I've created an account for him, using my email. I've set up the family view but I don't see a way to let them make purchase requests or a way to restrict play time? Are these notifications referring to something not implemented yet?

Any info would be great, thanks.

[Teksura]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6B1A-66BE-E911-3D98

[termus]

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https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6B1A-66BE-E911-3D98

Thanks but this doesn't mention anything about requesting purchases or restricting playtime.

[ReBoot]

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https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6B1A-66BE-E911-3D98

Thanks but this doesn't mention anything about requesting purchases or restricting playtime.

You have to log into your kid's account, enable parental controls (with a PIN), then restrict playtime.

As for purchase requests, no need for a technological solution, a social one suffices.

[termus]

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Thanks but this doesn't mention anything about requesting purchases or restricting playtime.

You have to log into your kid's account, enable parental controls (with a PIN), then restrict playtime.

As for purchase requests, no need for a technological solution, a social one suffices.

I've done this. I have a pin set on the account. I want to know where the options are to let him request a purchase or restrict his playtime. Those settings are referenced in Account Settings > Notification settings. Has Valve set these notification options up for nothing?

[HikariLight]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ReBoot:

You have to log into your kid's account, enable parental controls (with a PIN), then restrict playtime.

As for purchase requests, no need for a technological solution, a social one suffices.

I've done this. I have a pin set on the account. I want to know where the options are to let him request a purchase or restrict his playtime. Those settings are referenced in Account Settings > Notification settings. Has Valve set these notification options up for nothing?

For the purchases, just don't leave a payment method permanently attached to the account.

Only use it when you buy the game for them.
Or buy the game from your account and gift it to your child's account, so you never have to enter the payment method on the child's account.

[termus]

So Steam has notifications for settings that don't exist?

[Yujah]

I don't in fact know but seeing as how no one else seems to either anyway...

I would expect that you being notified that "A child in (your) family requests a purchase" simply as a matter of said child hitting "Purchase" in the store?

If that's wrong: never mind me...

[ReBoot]

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So Steam has notifications for settings that don't exist?

Maybe yes, maybe no. Let's check, shall we? Those are related to that whole concept of "Steam Family", have you linked the two accounts involved this way?

[Sleepy Yoshi]

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Are these notifications referring to something not implemented yet?

Any info would be great, thanks.

Yes, neither are currently implemented. Info that they were coming only came out in November, but no indication of when they'll actually make it live.

[Nx Machina]

Enable Family View to restrict access behind a pin.

Secondly unknown if this is on the standard Steam client, but on the Steam Client beta, you now receive notifications for the following.

1) A child in my family requests access to Steam features.

2) A child in my family requests a purchase.

3) A child in my family requests additional playtime.

[Sleepy Yoshi]

Those notifications don't do anything though, because the features themselves are not currently implemented. Which was what the post was about to begin with.