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making an apple id for my kid

My son just got his first iPad and I need an Apple ID for him. Do I make it on his iPad or mine, and what email should I use since he doesn't have one?
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smith_x Oct 29, 2026
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Do it from your own phone, as part of Family Sharing. Settings > your name > Family, then add a member and choose to create an account for a child. Apple won't let a kid under 13 make their own anyway. He doesn't need an email. The setup offers to make an @icloud.com address for him and that becomes his Apple ID. Then just sign in on his iPad with it. while you're in there turn on Ask to Buy. otherwise the first game with coins in it, you find out from the bank statement.
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