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NiceAlpacaDRM
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14 days ago

My son's account is locked because I can not verify his birthday.

My son's account is locked for 12 hours because I can not verify his birthday. I entered his birthday and am receiving a message that says it does not match. There is nothing more I can do since I can not look up his birthday from within my parent account. Maybe I mistyped it originally, I have no idea why it is failing and have no way to verify it from my (parent) end. This is really a deficiency with how you've automated this solution and is extremely frustrating that I (as a parent) do not have more control over my child's profile (or access to his information). Take a note from all the other major media/game sources, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo, Apple, etc. They ALL have so much more robust solutions for child accounts. As a parent, I should have more control and your push towards automation is only frustrating and making your otherwise fairly cool product a $500 paper weight as I (as a parent) have no real use for it. Now I am forced to either create a new profile and presumably lose $100's of games, etc. that were purchased directly through his account and all the progress he made through the games or guess his birthday over the next several 12 hour periods ... because I have no idea (and cannot verify) what is in the database already.

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  • I am having the exact same problem, can't contact anyone since I don't have a device on my account and his account is locked. Since everything is AI, I can't figure out how to get to a real person 

    • raymond.smith.159's avatar
      raymond.smith.159
      Honored Guest

      I am having the exact same problem, can't contact anyone since I don't have a device on my account and his account is locked. Since everything is AI, I can't figure out how to get to a real person. If you tell me which platform the account is locked on (like Facebook, Instagram, Apple, etc.), I can give you a more specific response you can send them. “I’m going through something similar. It’s so stressful when you can’t speak to a real support agent. Have you tried the official help center or submitting a support ticket? That might be the only way to get it reviewed manually.

       

  • I can not look up his birthday from within my parent account

    Access Family Center on the web, not through the phone app. Click the big blue "Go to Supervision button." Select your child. Scroll down and click "Manage Meta account".

    ... and you can change their DoB after clicking ">" and entering your password.

    HikinRuss​ Choleni​ NiceAlpacaDRM​ 

    PS. I've reported the bug in the phone app, as the "Manage Meta account" option in the app only opens a blank page.

    • NiceAlpacaDRM's avatar
      NiceAlpacaDRM
      Honored Guest

      Thanks steve_40​. Unfortunately, after the profile has already been locked, this information is no longer available. Luckily, I received some responses through Meta's email support service, although I've already been to two different support staff members without a resolution. Hopefully, this will get resolved soon. Otherwise, I will undoubtedly lose either money (games) or progress (time). 

  • I am having the exact same problem! I contacted someone last Friday and they told me they were working on it and sent me an email saying they would let me know if its been fixed. I emailed them yesterday (the following Tuesday because all my kids are playing on their VR and my youngest cant because he cant log in. I got the same email as the original one saying they were working on it and would let me know when it was resolved. So I just emailed them again (Wednesday) and simply asking if no one could just add his correct birthday in for me or let me verify his birthdate another way. This is ridiculous. I want to just delete his account and start him a new on but if I do that he loses everything he's paid for and worked up for and all his friend connections. Thats not fair to him. 

  • VaughnAD's avatar
    VaughnAD
    Honored Guest

    Same thing happening here, terrible app to manage your kids account and now this block