I need advice on what makes the most sense. I want to make an account for my minor daughter who does not have a phone number but want the account to be able to be authenticated. I’d also like to do RAF with the account. If I set her up under my main account I have read that it will share all of my bnet friends and chats and I would like to avoid that, however I am unsure as to how to go about creating a brand new account that I can add an authenticator to since my phone number is already used for my own authenticator. If anyone has done this in the past or has any advice I would greatly appreciate anything you can share with me.
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Make an entirely new Blizzard Account that only they have access to, but put it in your name. One minor may access their legal guardian’s account at a time.
When they come of age and decide they want to keep playing, you can reach out to Blizzard and have them change the name over to your child.
Use a completely different email address, and one Blizzard Authenticator can be used on three (or more? someone will correct this if wrong-- been a hot minute since I’ve read up on them) Blizzard accounts simultaneously.
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Don’t forget to use Recruit a Friend
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So I did go that route step by step up until the authenticator, once I get to that step it tells me that the seriel number of the authenticator is invalid when I can see that it obviously is not.
I do have a question though when creating the account. I’ve got it all set up, but should I create a sub account in it for the minor or just have them play on the main account under all of my info ? I’m asking because I want to make it as easy as possible to transfer over if she still wants the account once she’s 18.
When they turn 18, you would simply open a ticket and have the name changed to their name.
Note that by “account” here, people are talking about a Battlenet account, not a WoW license. A lot of people refer to the license as an “account” and I want to make sure that’s understood here!
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Right! That’s what we’ve decided to do is a total new bet account, were just running into the authenticator issue now. I’m going to try to add it again once I get home because articles and people’s comments else where say you should be able to add three sperate bent accounts to one authenticator.
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Beyond being able to transfer a battle.net account to her in the future, having her on a separate battle.net account allows you to use parental controls on her account without them impacting your battle.net account.
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Just keep in mind, the main reason for creating 2 separate bnets, but keep them in your name, is so when they decide to put it in their own name once they are of age, they get to hold onto things like pets, mounts, achieves etc. If you put the licence under your main bnet, when you split the accounts, all those things will stay with the bnet and your child will lose those items and have to re farm them all.
Keeping them on completely different bnets as well like you said allows your child to not have access to your personal chats etc and you can set up parental controlls and all that good stuff.
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I had my daughter on my bnet with me until she was 18 then I asked Blizzard to split us up.
I never seen this as a bad thing. I kept a tight rein on who she could add and I could see their conversations. It was harder to track whispers of course but you do what you can.
I found out there are people out there that don’t care if your kid is a minor so it’s best if you’re going to allow them to play to have as much control as you can.
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Should also try to tell your kid to avoid letting anyone know that they are a kid. That helps avoid unwanted attention and situations everyone would want to avoid. Better off if they assume they are something they are not.
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Agreed but whether or not they listen is a different story 
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If the problem is explained so they can understand with out drama and come up with some sort of type of fix or a couple idea’s they might listen.
Heck a number of years ago I submitted about sharing the auction houses cross faction. Why because on many servers that one side had almost no population it could be nearly impossible to buy stuff. Next thing I know it happened. No idea if they took the idea from me or someone else. Either way it was suggested and it happened.
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They always listen, they just may not agree. There is a long list of feedback and suggestions from players that Blizzard implemented. Realm transfers, race changes, faction changes, flying in Draenor, mass-transfer bundles, not switching forum posting to Real ID …
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I was talking about children, not Blizzard.
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Kids can have their accounts in their name from 13/14 from memory.
She would have lost all access to mounts and pets so if thats something a kid is invested in thats a big attachment hit to lose all of that stuff . Thats why they recommend creating a sep bnet under your name, that way they dont lose any progress and its just a name change when the time comes
Tracking conversations in game is easy, you just get a chat add on. It records and holds the chat info. Issue with a minor on your account is your mates dont always know when its the minor playing or you and stuff could be said. That really is an issue depending on your normal adult convos.
This can all be achieved on their own Battle.net account with Parental Controls.
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That’s not entirely true. When we separated, it was very surprising what mounts duplicated. She ended up with about 300, 350 mounts from my collection.
Amani War Bear, all the TCG mounts I collected, all five CM mounts, all the RAF mounts I had up to 2018, store mounts, profession mounts, all the rare mounts I farmed up to 2018, even Tyrael’s Charger duplicated.
We don’t know how it happened, especially after we were told it wouldn’t, but I’m assuming it might have something to do with the age of my account. The point is you never know. Maybe they tell you that to deter people from opening tickets, demanding the mount that didn’t duplicate 
Anyways, the OP asked for opinions from people that actually shared an account or opened an account with/for their child so I was just giving her/him my experience with it. My kid is almost 22 so this is all water under the bridge now.
I guess for future reference should this come up again in a search, the above was a rare occurrence, given to what we know about policies and procedures now. Given we are just players, unless we sport the blue letters, this is limited.
Only the GM staff will know, and they can advise you the searcher on the policy and procedure at the time you are seeking this particular information. What we know as of now is that they will transfer licenses to a child’s account. That pets, mounts, achievements should not not transfer with the very rare exception of what possibly was earned by a specific character, and even then it might be possible some of those things are not fully shared with the new blizzard/battle net account.
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Really in the long run, a new B.net account with the parent’s details is the most efficient way with the most benefits. Many have been touched on here.
It is SO much simpler to just change the account over when the time comes - nothing gets lost, and you can have other protections that won’t interfere with your own licenses.
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