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How to connect to my kid through guardianship

Learn how guardianship works on ChessKid and how to link a kid's account to a parent, teacher, or coach for safe and easy management.

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Guardianship on ChessKid

On ChessKid, the only connection between kids and adults is through guardianship. A parent, teacher, or coach can be listed as a guardian for a kid’s account.

If you created a kid account using the 'Add a Kid' option on the 'My Kids' page of your Adult account, you are automatically set as the Primary Guardian.

My Kids page on ChessKid

But if the accounts were created separately, you’ll need to link them by making sure the guardian email on the kid’s account matches the email on your Adult account. Once the emails match, the system will link the accounts automatically!

Here's how to link the accounts:

Have the kid log into their ChessKid account and click the gear icon next to their avatar in the top left corner to be taken to the Account Settings page.

Homescreen of a Kid account on ChessKid with an arrow pointing to the settings icon

If there is no guardian email listed, enter the email address registered on your Adult account into the 'Guardian's Email' field. This will automatically link the accounts.

Account Settings page on ChessKid

If a guardian email is already listed, it must match your Adult account email for the link to work. Kids cannot change the guardian's email once it has been added. To update it, the guardian must log into their account and change their own email.

The 'My Email' field on a kid's account is for the child's personal email (optional). It does not affect guardianship and cannot be the same as the guardian's 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's email can be added from within the student's account to link them to a biological parent. Here's how it can be done:

  1. Have the kid log into their ChessKid account and click the gear icon next to their avatar in the top left corner to be taken to the Account Settings page.

    Homescreen of a Kid account on ChessKid with an arrow pointing to the settings icon

  2. Add their parent's email address in the 'Guardian's Email' field.

    Account Settings page on ChessKid

Check out this article to learn more about guardianship: How to Manage Guardianship.

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