Set up supervision
Setting up supervision requires confirmation from a parent or guardian. If a teen sends a request for supervision and the parent or guardian accepts, supervision is confirmed. Bear in mind that only one parent or guardian can supervise a teen's account.
In general, to be supervised, teens must be 13-17 and the parent must be over 18 years old. Age requirements vary by region. Note: Meta accounts for children on Meta Horizon are for people aged 10–12 (age may vary by region) and automatic supervision is set up for these accounts.
Notes:
- A parent can supervise more than one teen's account, but they can only send one active invitation link at a time. For security purposes, we may limit the number of accounts that a parent account can supervise at any given time. Teens can also change who supervises their account.
- A parent can't supervise a teen's account if either of them has blocked each other. Learn how to unblock someone.
- If supervision is set up and you block your parent or teen, supervision will automatically be removed and your parent or teen will be notified.
- Parents and teens can get notifications about supervision activity. If a parent or teen has turned on push notifications, they may get push notifications. Parents can choose which account will be shown on Family Centre and receive notifications in their Family Centre settings.
Send an invitation to supervise your teen's account
Parents and guardians can send invitations for supervision. Parents who want to supervise more than one teen can send an invitation to each teen they want to supervise.
Bear in mind that invitations expire 7 days from the time that they are first created. If the invitation has expired, follow the steps to create a new invitation again.
Set up supervision in Family Centre:
- Visit https://familycenter.meta.com/supervision.
- Tap Get started.
- Select the accounts that you want to supervise. You can also share a link if you can't find your teen's account.
- Tap Send invitation.
Resending or cancelling invitations
Invitations expire after 7 days. You can resend or cancel an invitation if it has been less than 7 days since you first created it. If it's been more than 7 days, create a new invitation following the steps above.
Accepting or declining supervision requests
Parents can accept or decline a supervision invitation. If a parent sends their teen an invitation, supervision will start after the invitation has been accepted. If a teen sends their parent a request, supervision will start after the parent has accepted the invitation.
To accept or decline an invitation or request, open the link that was sent to you by your teen, then follow the instructions on screen to accept or decline. They will get a notification that you accepted or declined supervision.
If a request is declined, and the teen is under 16, they won’t be able to make any updates to their teen safety settings until they turn 16.