How to Give Your Partner Access to ParentalEdge

Short answer: Settings → Invite Partner, enter their email, they accept within 24 hours. They get their own login with the same access you have.

Do it on day one. The most common way a set of rules quietly stops working is that only one parent can see them.

Set up your family →

The problem with one parent holding the controls

It shows up within a fortnight, and it always looks the same: your child learns which parent to ask.

Not out of cunning — it's simply the path of least resistance. The parent without access has no data, no context and no way to check, so they say yes. Then you're the one who said no, again, and the rules have become a thing you enforce rather than something the family agreed.

The knock-on effects are just as tiring. Requests sit unanswered because the one account holder is in a meeting. One of you finds out about a problem a week late. And you give different answers to the same question because you're looking at different information — or in one case, none.

What your partner gets

Their own account, not a shared login. From it they see and do everything you can:

• The full activity dashboard — apps, websites, screen time, YouTube, searches
• Request notifications, with the ability to approve or decline
• Rule changes — time limits, app controls, web filtering
• Everything syncing instantly, so an extra hour granted by one parent is visible to the other straight away

Separate accounts matter for a reason people don't think about until they need it: separated and divorced parents can both have full access to their child's activity without sharing a password or seeing anything of each other's.

Sending the invite

1. Open the menu and go to Settings
2. Tap Invite Partner
3. Enter their email and send

They get an email with a code that's valid for 24 hours. They click it, create their account or sign in to an existing one, and they immediately have access to every child on your account.

If the link expires before they get to it, just send another one.

Agreeing the approach beforehand

The tool gets you consistency of information. It can't give you consistency of judgement — that part is still a conversation, and it's worth having before the first request arrives rather than after the first disagreement.

Two or three ground rules cover almost everything: nothing approved after a certain hour, always yes for school work, and whoever sees a request first handles it. Trying to agree case by case is what produces the "well Dad said yes" problem you installed this to avoid.

Where you genuinely disagree about a rule, change it together in the app rather than one of you quietly overriding the other. Your child will spot the gap long before you do.

Removing access

Settings → Family lists everyone who has access. Tap a name and choose Remove Access, and it's revoked from every child's profile immediately.

Frequently asked questions

Does my partner need to pay separately?
No. One subscription covers the family, however many parents are on it.

Can they change rules I don't agree with?
Yes — access is equal by design. The app makes every setting visible, so nothing changes silently, but the decision-making is still yours to work out between you.

Can my ex-partner see my activity?
No. Each parent has a separate login and can only see the children's profiles and devices. Nothing about the other parent is visible.

Do we both get notified about requests?
Yes, and either of you can respond. Whoever answers first handles it, and the other can see what was decided.

What if we parent quite differently?
The dashboard gives you both the same facts, which removes the arguments that were really about who was right rather than what to do. The rest is a conversation — and it's a better one when you're both looking at the same week.

Can I take access away later?
Yes, from Settings → Family, and it takes effect immediately.

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