How can I add co-parents without sharing personal info?

is there anyway to add a coparent to a childs phone without the two parent guardians sharing personal information. The family app we co parent the child is there anyway to add both parents to the phone without the parents sharing location and apps


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Original Title: is there anyway to add a coparent to a childs phone without the two parent guardians sharing personal information.

Posted on Jun 4, 2025 12:25 PM

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Posted on Jun 4, 2025 1:22 PM

  1. You don't add people to a device at all. You can add a person to the Family Sharing group and set them as a guardian or secondary approver for purchases for child accounts in the group and it will apply to all devices for the children in the group, not a specific device.
  2. No personal information is shared when adding a person to Family sharing beyond their email address.
  3. You can choose to turn off purchase sharing so no apps are shared at all, but is a global setting that affects everyone in the Family Group. click here ➜ How to share apps and purchases with your family - Apple Support
  4. Location sharing is entirely optional and can be turned off. click here ➜ Change Location Sharing settings in Family Sharing on Mac - Apple Support



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Jun 4, 2025 1:22 PM in response to Gabegunter

  1. You don't add people to a device at all. You can add a person to the Family Sharing group and set them as a guardian or secondary approver for purchases for child accounts in the group and it will apply to all devices for the children in the group, not a specific device.
  2. No personal information is shared when adding a person to Family sharing beyond their email address.
  3. You can choose to turn off purchase sharing so no apps are shared at all, but is a global setting that affects everyone in the Family Group. click here ➜ How to share apps and purchases with your family - Apple Support
  4. Location sharing is entirely optional and can be turned off. click here ➜ Change Location Sharing settings in Family Sharing on Mac - Apple Support



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