💡 The only relationship between kids and adults on ChessKid is when a parent, teacher, or coach is a guardian of a kid's account.
If you created a kid account using the 'Add a Kid' tool, you are automatically the primary guardian. However, if you created the accounts separately, you may need to make yourself a guardian from within your child's account. Just make sure the emails match on both the parent and kid accounts, and the ChessKid system will automatically link them together!
Here's how to do it:
Have the kid log into their account and click the cog wheel icon next to their avatar on the top left corner of the screen
This will take the kid to their account settings:
If the kid account does not already have a guardian email: Add your email in the guardian's email field. This will automatically link the accounts.
If the kid account does have a guardian email: It must match your parent email for the accounts to be linked together.
Kids cannot change their guardian email once it has been added. The guardian will need to log in and update their own email instead.
💡 From a kid's account, the field labeled 'My Email' is intended for the kid's personal email, if they choose to provide one. This email will not affect guardianship and cannot be the same as the guardian email.
Other special types of guardianship
If you are a teacher or coach in a large school, school district, or chess teaching program, you may have guardianship of your students through our ChessKid Enterprise system. This system does not link you to your students via a personal email address but recognizes you as their instructor.
In such cases, a parent email can be added from within the kid's page to link the student to a biological parent. Here's how it can be done:
From the kid account click on the cog wheel icon next to their avatar in the top left corner of the screen
On the account settings page, add their email address under 'Guardian's Email' field
📰 Check out this article to learn more about guardianship: How to Manage Guardianship