Help your child connect with more friends on Messenger Kids

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You can update your settings in your Parent Dashboard to help your child connect with friends more easily.

Help your child connect with more friends

  1. Open the Facebook app.
  2. Tap More.
  3. Tap Messenger Kids.
  4. Tap your child's photo below Messenger Kids Accounts.
  5. Tap Controls.
  6. Tap Help [Child’s Name] Connect to turn on or off.
  7. Tap next to Allow more kids and parents to see [Child’s Name] name and photo?
  • You can still manage your child’s friend list or change this setting from the Parent Dashboard.
  • Friends of your child’s friends and their parents, kids of your Facebook friends who manage Messenger Kids accounts, and kids of people you invite to the app will be able to see your child’s name and photo.
  • Kids who can see your child’s name and photo can ask to chat with your child on Messenger Kids.
Learn more about friending on Messenger Kids.

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